CSTO Secretary General and Defence Minister of Kyrgyzstan Met in Bishkek

On February 13, Bishkek hosted a meeting between Imangali Tasmagambetov, CSTO Secretary General, and Baktybek Bekbolotov, Minister of Defence of Kyrgyzstan, the Collective Security Treaty Organization website reported.

During the meeting, the parties exchanged views on the situation in the CSTO area of responsibility and along its perimeter, and also discussed preparations for joint exercises planned for this year, including the Rubezh-2025 command-and-staff exercise with the Collective Rapid Deployment Forces of the Central Asian Region (CRDF CAR), scheduled for September, and an operational meeting with the CRDF CAR Command during the Boyevoye Bratstvo-2025 exercise.

Particular attention was paid to the work on approving the draft 2026-2030 CSTO Member States' Military Cooperation Development Plan.