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The Kyrgyz Ministry of Defense announced the decision to cancel the command and staff exercises with the participation of the CSTO peacekeeping forces “Unbreakable Brotherhood-2022”.
The exercises were to take place in October in the city of Balykchy in Issyk-Kul region on October 10-14. It was planned to invite representatives of Mongolia, Serbia, Syria, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan as observers.
The reason for the cancellation of the exercises is not reported. The CSTO, which in addition to Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan also includes Russia, Armenia, Belarus and Kazakhstan, has not yet commented on Bishkek’s decision.
At the beginning of the summer, the Kyrgyz Defense Ministry announced the beginning of preparations for the exercises, in particular, staff talks with the CSTO forces took place. It was planned that Tajik servicemen would also be involved in the exercises, but after the subsequent military clashes on the border, Kyrgyz politicians and the public demanded that representatives of the Tajik Armed Forces not be allowed to participate in the exercises, notes 24.kg .