{"id":152603,"date":"2025-08-26T13:25:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T10:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/152603\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"foreign-troops-to-arrive-in-belarus-for-csto-drill","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/152603\/","title":{"rendered":"Foreign troops to arrive in Belarus for CSTO drill"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>August 26, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) has announced the arrival of military contingents from its member countries in Belarus by the end of this working week.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The CSTO Combat Brotherhood operational-strategic maneuvers will include the Interaction 2025, Search 2025 and Echelon 2025 drills, aligned with Zapad-2025, a major Belarusian-Russian exercise scheduled for September 12-16. The drills will reportedly focus on resolving crisis situations, ensuring military logistics and gathering intelligence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Troops from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and Tajikistan will be deployed to the exercise zones, the CSTO said, noting that the training from August 31 to September 6 will take place at the \u0141a\u015bvida and Lepiel ranges in the Viciebsk region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Exercises are not directed against third countries, aiming to improve the coordination of officers and troops and maintain the readiness of forces to ensure collective security, Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff Andrei Serdyukov told journalists yesterday.<\/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>Earlier this year, the Armenian foreign ministry announced that the country refused to finance CSTO activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarusian signal troops drilled ahead of Zapad-2025<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 26, Pozirk. The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) has announced the arrival of military contingents from its member countries in Belarus by the end of this working week.&nbsp; The CSTO Combat Brotherhood operational-strategic maneuvers will include the Interaction 2025, Search 2025 and Echelon 2025 drills, aligned with Zapad-2025, a major Belarusian-Russian exercise scheduled for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":63993,"template":"","rubric":[14,30],"class_list":["post-152603","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>Foreign troops to arrive in Belarus for CSTO drill | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"August 26, Pozirk. 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