Monday, October 21 2019 17:52

ArmInfo. The peacekeeping units of the Armenian Armed Forces on the IL-76 military transport aircraft left for Dushanbe to participate in the exercises [CSTO  "Indestructible Brotherhood-2019". This was reported by the press  service of the RA Ministry of Defense.

As ArmInfo reported today, in accordance with the Plan for joint  training of command and control bodies and forces of the collective  security system of the Collective Security Treaty Organization for  2019, today, October 21 in the Republic of Tajikistan launched joint  exercises with the Collective Rapid Deployment Forces of the Central  Asian region and the peacekeeping forces of the Collective Security  Treaty Organization Rubezh- 2019 and Indestructible Brotherhood-2019  as part of the joint operational-strategic exercise "Combat  Brotherhood-2019", which will last until October 29.

In the joint exercise "Frontier-2019" and "Indestructible  Brotherhood-2019", military contingents and formations of police  forces, taken out of the Collective Rapid Deployment Forces of the  Central Asian region and the CSTO peacekeeping forces, are taking  part. At the same time, representatives of regional organizations of  the ICRC, military attaches accredited in the Republic of Tajikistan,  as well as representatives of veteran organizations, authorities and  local self-government are planning to participate in the final phase.

CSTO Deputy Secretary General Pyotr Tikhonovsky, Chief of the CSTO  Joint Staff, Colonel General Anatoly Sidorov, Secretariat  representatives and members of the CSTO Joint Staff, will attend the  training.

Taking into account the prevailing practice of conducting joint  exercises in the CSTO format, representatives of the Ministry of  Defense and the Serbian Army were invited and will take part as  observers at the final stage of the joint exercise "Unbreakable  Brotherhood-2019".

The exercise is planned to be held at the Khybmardon training ground  under the leadership of the Deputy Commander of the Central Military  District of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (hereinafter -  the Central Military District of the RF Armed Forces), Lieutenant  General Yuri Petrov.