The“Interaction-2024”command-staffexercises,alongwiththe“Search-2024”and“Echelon-2024”specialdrills,havecommencedinBalykchy,Kyrgyzstan.
Theexerciseswillbeconductedinthreephases,focusingontrainingandcoordinatingjointoperationstoaddressarmedconflictsintheCentralAsianregion,News.Azreportscitingforeignmedia.MilitarypersonnelfromBelarus,Kazakhstan,Kyrgyzstan,Russia,andTajikistan,alongwithrepresentativesfromtheCSTOsecretariatandJointStaff,areparticipating.Thedrillsinvolveover1,500militarypersonnelandmorethan200piecesofmilitaryequipment,includingaround10aircraft.
Armenia,aCSTOmember,hasoptednottotakepartintheseexercises.