Joint exercises with CSTO peacekeeping forces kick off in Kyrgyzstan

The opening ceremony of the active phase of the joint exercise “Indestructible Brotherhood-2023” with the peacekeeping forces of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) was held at the Edelweiss training ground in Kyrgyzstan.

The main objectives of the exercise are to improve the practical skills of officials of the CSTO peacekeeping units, increase the coherence of military units and subunits in carrying out tasks during the peacekeeping operation in the Central Asian region of collective security, Caliber.Az reports, citing Kyrgyz media.

In the course of the exercise, the tasks of post-conflict settlement in the crisis zone will be practised in high-altitude conditions, including the conduct of a peacekeeping operation using the forces and means of the CSTO's collective security system and the provision of humanitarian assistance.

National contingents of peacekeeping forces of Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan, operational groups of the CSTO Joint Staff and Secretariat are taking part in the exercise.

A total of about 1,500 servicemen, more than 200 units of special, armoured and motor vehicles, military transport, fighter and army aviation, unmanned aviation and combat boats were involved in the exercise.