{"id":141460,"date":"2025-06-05T15:15:21","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T12:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/141460\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"csto-officials-discuss-preparations-for-september-exercises","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/141460\/","title":{"rendered":"CSTO officials discuss preparations for September exercises"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>June 5, <em>Pozirk<\/em>. <\/strong>Delegates from the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) secretariat and member states, excluding Armenia, held a second round of talks in Belarus on June 3\u20135 to discuss preparations for joint exercises scheduled for September 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Combat Brotherhood operational-strategic maneuvers will include the Interaction 2025, Search 2025 and Echelon 2025 drills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Belarusian defense ministry reported that the meeting participants agreed on the synopsis, which is aligned with Zapad-2025, a Belarusian-Russian exercise scheduled for early September. They also agreed on the composition of the units, as well as on management and support, the ministry said without disclosing any details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Officials also examined the \u0141a\u015bvida and Lepielski training grounds in the Viciebsk region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The CSTO comprises Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Armenia has paused its membership and announced its possible withdrawal. Yerevan has accused the organization of inaction during the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and some of its members of plotting a war on Armenia together with Azerbaijan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In March 31, the Armenian foreign ministry announced that the country refused to finance CSTO activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also read: <a href=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/ru\/news\/140234\/\">Belarus\u2019 defense minister: Minsk, Moscow to scale down Zapad-2025<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 5, Pozirk. Delegates from the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) secretariat and member states, excluding Armenia, held a second round of talks in Belarus on June 3\u20135 to discuss preparations for joint exercises scheduled for September 2025. The Combat Brotherhood operational-strategic maneuvers will include the Interaction 2025, Search 2025 and Echelon 2025 drills. The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":59434,"template":"","rubric":[14,30],"class_list":["post-141460","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics","rubric-security"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>CSTO officials discuss preparations for September exercises | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"June 5, Pozirk. 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