ArmInfo.CSTO CRRF number more than 22 thousand militaries, peace making forces more than 3.5 thousand people and collective aircraft forces, CSTO General Secretary Yurik Khachaturov stated.
According to him, complicated military political situation in the world, including the immediate vicinity of the CSTO responsibility zone, mainstreams the guarantied securing of states' military safety issue-members of the organization. " For the solution of the issue mentioned, in recent 25 years an appropriate power potential has been formed, conforming to its functional assignment. The basements of it are troops(Collective forces) CSTO with integrated to their structure contingents of national Armed Forces, regional and coalitional military groupings and necessary military systems(control, communications, air defense, comprehensive support)," TASS General Secretary explained.
At the same time, he stressed that within development of military cooperation of participant countries organizations are being implemented massive projects on forming and developing systems of control, communications, air defense, comprehensive support), material-technical and administrative support of CSTO collective forces.