Viktor Bondarev: Russia’s experience of conducting operations in Syria and Karabakh is in demand by peacekeepers of other countries

Viktor Bondarev, Chairman of the Committee on Defence and Security of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, is sure that representatives of the Coordination Council of Chairpersons of Committees (Commissions) on Defence and Security of the Parliaments of the CSTO Member States participating in the CSTO Collective Peacekeeping Forces’ exercise Unbreakable Brotherhood 2021 should know what the CSTO Collective Peacekeeping Forces do and what should be done on the legislative level to increase their effectiveness.

“Today we have once again seen that the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces are well-trained and, most importantly, prepared to solve certain tasks arising from the unfolding situation,” Viktor Bondarev emphasized, noting Russia’s leading role in the exchange of experience between the peacekeeping formations of the CSTO States. “Russian peacekeeping forces, with their increased mobility, thanks to the Russian Ministry of Defence, can and do achieve all assigned tasks.”

Viktor Bondarev is convinced that the experience acquired by Russian peacekeepers in Syria and Nagorno-Karabakh is “very important and is in demand for helping the contingents of the CSTO Collective Peacekeeping Forces that were invited to the exercise to increase their readiness.”

Chairman of the Committee on Defence and Security of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation is convinced that joint exercises should be held on regularly. “We see that each time, with each next peacekeeper exercise, the degree of readiness and professional training of each of them increases. The training process accelerates, certain tactical episodes of the exercise are being practiced more and more smoothly and expeditiously.”

Regarding the role of parliamentarians and their participation in the CSTO Collective Peacekeeping Forces exercise Unbreakable Brotherhood 2021, Viktor Bondarev recalled, “As heads of relevant committees or commissions of the parliaments of the CSTO States, we must know and see, first, how the Collective Peacekeeping Forces train, how our states interact; second, what points require urgent attention; and third, we must determine what laws should be promptly developed and adopted for our states to improve efficiency of actions that our Collective Forces might have to perform.”