Heads of CSTO defence communications management bodies hold a working meeting
27.07.2023
From 25 to 27 July, a working meeting of the heads of the CSTO member states defence communications management bodies took place in Moscow on the basis of the CSTO Joint Staff.
The event was attended by representatives of the defence agencies of the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Russian Federation, the Republic of Tajikistan, the CSTO Joint Staff and the CSTO Secretariat.
Addressing the participants of the working meeting, Colonel General Anatoly Sidorov, Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff, noted that the most important direction of the development of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation is the improvement of the system of interstate information interaction and the CSTO Troops (Collective Forces) management system, the technical basis of which is the communication system. He also noted that the experience of the peacekeeping operation in the Republic of Kazakhstan and the annual joint exercises demonstrated the need to co-ordinate the efforts of the CSTO member States to improve the CSTO communications system.
The CSTO Joint Staff, in co-operation with defence agencies, has developed draft recommendations on the organization of communications in contingents of CSTO troops (Collective Forces), which have been put to test during joint operational and combat training activities. At the moment, the document has undergone internal coordination and in November this year will be submitted for approval to the members of the CSTO Council of Defence Ministers and the Committee of Secretaries of the Security Council.
During the working meeting, Colonel Vitaly Kenyaykin, head of the department for the organisation of communications and automated troop control systems at the CSTO Centre for Planning the Application and Training of the CSTO Troops (Collective Forces), made a presentation on 'The prospective image of the CSTO communications system and the immediate and future tasks involved in its formation'.
Particular attention was paid to the information provided by the representative of the Russian Federation on the experience of using radio and satellite communications equipment in armed conflicts.
The representative of the Republic of Belarus briefed the audience on practical ways of implementing possible areas for the development of means of communication in the interests of the CSTO troops (Collective Forces) proposed at the International Military and Scientific Conference in Minsk.
The representative of the Republic of Kazakhstan spoke about the experience of the organisation of communications and data transmission during the joint exercise 'Interaction-2022' with the CSTO Collective Rapid Reaction Force. In the course of the discussion of this issue, a decision was made to plan, in the course of the exercises conducted in the CSTO format, to study questions relating to the organisation of radio networks for interaction within contingents of CSTO troops (Collective Forces) with the involvement of radio reconnaissance and electronic warfare forces and means.
Representatives of the defence agencies of the Republic of Armenia, the Kyrgyz Republic and the Republic of Tajikistan presented information on improving the technical basis for inter-State information interaction.
The participants in the working meeting also were briefed by a representative of the Military Academy of Communications named after Marshal of the Soviet Union S. M. Budyonny on the possibility of developing common standards, protocols and interfaces necessary for the development of advanced means of communication planned for use in contingents of the CSTO Troops (Collective Forces).
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