Uzbekistan not to attend joint CSTO drill

BAKU. August 26. KAZINFORM. Representatives of the Uzbek law enforcement agencies will not participate in the joint integrated teaching (CIT) of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), which will begin on Aug. 26; Kazinform refers to Today.Az.

Uzbek security officials will not take part not only in the second and third stages of the maneuvers, which will involve military units, but in the first stage, which covers work on creating military-political aspects of coalition interaction.

Uzbekistan's position reflects its position on participating in the structures of the Collective Operational Response Forces (CORF) of the CSTO; Kazinform cites Today.Az. See www.today.az for full version.