October 25, 2004 - 22:34 AMT
CSTO EXERCISES TO BE HELD IN TAJIKISTAN IN SPRING
Multilateral exercises of Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) member states will be held in Tajikistan in spring 2005, CSTO Secretary General Nikoay Bordyuzha reported today after signing a protocol on cooperation with the Eurasian Economic Community. The measures are planned to be held in compliance with the same scheme as those in Kyrgyzstan this year, he said. N. Bordyuzha reminded that the exercises were held with the participation of all subdivisions of CSTO Armed Forces. It should be noted that CSTO members are Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan.