15:22, 31 January 2014 | GMT +5
CSTO military exercise to be held in Kazakhstan - Kazakh Defense Minister
ASTANA. KAZINFORM - The Collective Security Treat Organization (CSTO) will hold complex exercise on the territory of Kazakhstan in 2014, Kazakh Minister of Defense Adilbek Dzhaksybekov announced Friday.

"The next exercise of the Collective Rapid Response Forces will take place on the territory of Kazakhstan. The drill will mainly involve Kazakhstani and Russian forces," Minister Dzhaksybekov said following the bilateral negotiations with his Russian colleague Sergey Shoigu.
Russian Defense Minister Shoigu, in turn, noted the joint exercise will be an essential component of the cooperation between the CSTO member states. "I believe this year the event will be carried out on even greater level," he added.