RUSSIA KAZAKHSTAN CSTO PEACEKEEPERS WITHDRAWAL

The withdrawal of peacekeeping troops of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) from Kazakhstan

epa09684927 A handout still image taken from handout video made available by the Russian Defence Ministry press service shows Russian peacekeepers attending a welcome ceremony when they returned after finishing the mission in Kazakhstan on the military base in Ivanovo, Russia, 14 January 2022. The withdrawal of the CSTO peacekeeping contingent from Kazakhstan began on January 13 and will be completed within ten days. In accordance with the decision of the CSTO Collective Security Council adopted on 06 January 2022, the collective peacekeeping forces of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) have been sent 'for a limited time to stabilise and normalise the situation to Kazakhstan' at the request of the Kazakh president. They include units of the Armed Forces of Russia, Belarus, Armenia, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. The Russian Ministry of Defence announced on 08 January that the transfer of the Russian contingent of the CSTO peacekeeping forces to Kazakhstan's 'Almaty' and 'Zhitygen' airfields continued by military transport aircraft from Russia's airfields in the Moscow, Ivanovo, and Ulyanovsk regions. EPA/RUSSIAN DEFENCE MINISTRY PRESS SERVICE/HANDOUT HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES

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