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Tuesday, 11 October 2005
RUSSIAN GENERAL ANNOUNCES CREATION OF \'CENTRAL ASIAN ARMY.\'
By empty (10/11/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
CSTO (Collective Security Treaty Organization) Secretary-General Colonel General Nikolai Bordyuzha said on 11 October that a \"large group of forces\" will be created in Central Asia, similar to the Russia-Belarusian and Russian-Armenian integrated army groups. The CSTO comprises Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Russia. Bordyuzha said that the Central Asian army group will be composed \"not from battalions, but from regiments and divisions and, in the event of a serious military conflict, it will defend CSTO members from all sides.
CSTO (Collective Security Treaty Organization) Secretary-General Colonel General Nikolai Bordyuzha said on 11 October that a \"large group of forces\" will be created in Central Asia, similar to the Russia-Belarusian and Russian-Armenian integrated army groups. The CSTO comprises Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Russia. Bordyuzha said that the Central Asian army group will be composed \"not from battalions, but from regiments and divisions and, in the event of a serious military conflict, it will defend CSTO members from all sides.\" In the event of an all-out war, CSTO members should transfer the command of their entire armed forces to the Central Asian group, he added. (RIA-Novosti)