Large-scale military exercises for servicemen of CSTO rapid deployment force to be conducted in Kazakhstan in May

           



DUSHANBE


, January 5, Asia-Plus — Large-scale military exercises with practice shoot, dubbed “Frontier-2006”, for servicemen of the Rapid Deployment Force of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) in

Central Asia

is supposed to be conducted in


Kazakhstan


in May this year, according to information from the Tajik Defense Ministry. 

Battalions of the armed forces of Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Russia making up the CSTO Rapid Deployment Force will participate in the military exercises in Kazakhstan, the source said.  The Asia-Plus refrained from giving further details of the drill, noting, “Participants in the drill may possibly rehearse coordination and interaction in carrying out anti-terrorist missions.”        

Kazakhstan’s Defense Minister Mukhtar Altynbayev will be in overall command of the forthcoming war game.