Akylbek Japarov, Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan, instructed the Ministry of Defence of the Republic to organize command-and-staff and special exercises with the Collective Rapid Reaction Forces (СRRF) of the Collective Security Treaty Organization from September 3 to 15, 2024: Vzaimodeistvie – 2024, Echelon – 2024 and Poisk – 2024.
The Ministries of Defence, Internal Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Emergency Situations, Health, Finance, Transport and Energy, as well as the State Committee for National Security and Plenipotentiary Representatives of the President in Chüy and Issyk-Kul Regions have been instructed to create the necessary conditions for the participation of military contingents in the exercises.
Military formations and monitoring missions will be provided with unobstructed movement within the territory of Kyrgyzstan. The organizers will also provide medical support, including preventive, sanitary and anti-epidemic measures; air navigation services for military vessels arriving to participate in the exercises; and stable power supply during the exercises. They will equally take a number of other measures for the efficient holding of the exercises.
CSTO parliamentarians regularly monitor the Organization's military exercises. A delegation of deputies representing the CSTO Member States will monitor the September exercises in Bishkek and Cholpon-Ata.