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Chief of CSTO Joint Staff attends 10th ARMY 2024 International Military and Technical Forum

12.08.2024

On 12 August, Colonel General Andrei Serdyukov, the Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff, visited the ARMY 2024 International Military and Technical Forum at the Patriot Congress and Exhibition Centre, where he attended the opening ceremony and the plenary session attended by Russian Defence Minister Andrei Belousov.

Colonel General Andrei Serdyukov, together with a group of CSTO officers serving in the Armed Forces of Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and Tajikistan, visited the exhibition and examined advanced military-technical developments and new models of military and special equipment presented at the exhibition. Particular attention was paid to the Airborne Troops exhibition and a display of equipment used in the Special Military Operations Zone.

During a visit to a large-scale exhibition, CSTO Chief of Staff Colonel General Andrei Serdyukov said: 'Within the framework of military and technical cooperation between CSTO member states, we pay special attention to equipping the Troops (Collective Forces) with modern weapons, military and special equipment and means. To this end, the necessary regulatory framework is being put in place. The relevant programmes and plans are being implemented. The Joint Staff has finalised a draft decision of the CSTO Collective Security Council on a list of standard and promising weapons, military and special equipment proposed for equipping the Collective Rapid Deployment Forces of the Central Asian region.

The ARMY 2024 Forum is the largest exhibition of arms, military and special equipment, recognised as a major event in international military-technical cooperation and a unique platform for dialogue on global and regional security.

The objectives of the Forum are to stimulate the innovative development of the Russian defence industry, to develop the Russian Federation's military and technical cooperation with foreign states, and to create a positive image of the Ministry of Defence as a modern and dynamically developing structure.

Department for Media Affairs and Information