Russia will analyze the experience of applying the CSTO forces in Kazakhstan in case of mass riots in other allied states. This was stated by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia Oleg Syromolotov, reports RIA Novosti.
The experience of a successful peacekeeping operation will be carefully analyzed, including to make preventive measures in case of attempts to repeat similar “plots” in other states of the CSTO’s responsibility area, “said the deputy head of the Foreign Ministry. According to Syromolotov, the Russian authorities will study the importance and results of the operation not only with Kazakhstan colleagues, but also with other CSTO countries.
According to the official, the peacekeeping contingent of the allies showed itself an effective mechanism for countering international terrorism. This is a threat and became the basis for the introduction of the CSTO forces, added rasomolots. “That is why the CSTO collective security council in accordance with Article 4 of the Collective Security Treaty adopted on January 6, the decision to send collective peacekeeping forces of the CSTO to Kazakhstan,” he explained.