Stanislav Zas: Parliamentarians’ participation in monitoring CSTO military exercises increases efficiency of our work

In his speech at the 14th plenary session of the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly, Stanislav Zas, Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, noted the effect of parliamentarians’ participation in CSTO exercises.
“We consider the practice of parliamentarians’ observation of joint exercises of the CSTO Collective Forces useful, including for the purpose of parliamentary monitoring of the military and political situation in regions of collective security,” said Stanislav Zas.
Describing the military and political situation in the regions of the CSTO area of responsibility, he noted that within the framework of the CSTO Collective Forces development in 2021, “a series of joint military exercises Combat Brotherhood 2021 was conducted to improve units’ cooperation and combat readiness and to demonstrate commitment to protect sovereignty and territorial integrity of the CSTO Member States.”
Most of these exercises took place on the territory of the Republic of Tajikistan, and the main topic of these exercises, as the CSTO Secretary General reported, was combating possible infiltration by terrorist and extremist groups and illegal armed formations, “in other words, we set the exercises’ training purpose based on the actual situation in this area.”