Visit of the Secretary General of the CSTO to Tajikistan

The Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Stanislav Zas will visit Tajikistan on a working trip.

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On October 22, the CSTO Secretary General will travel to Tajikistan to assess the readiness of the troops for the final stage of exercises in Tajikistan.

It was previously reported that 4,000 personnel and more than 500 units of equipment from Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and Tajikistan will participate in the special exercises “Echelon-2021,” “Search-2021,” and joint exercises “Interaction-2021,” conducted in Tajikistan as part of the CSTO operational-strategic exercises “Combat Brotherhood-2021.”

The maneuvers are taking place in Tajikistan from October 18 to 23 and will last for five days.

It was also reported earlier that on October 19, the commander of the Central Military District of Russia, Alexander Lapin, arrived in Tajikistan to check the readiness of the military contingents for the final stage of the military maneuvers.

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After the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan, countries bordering Afghanistan have increased security along their borders. In August, Russia conducted two military exercises: one at the border of Uzbekistan with Afghanistan and another at the Uzbek-Tajik border.