Kyrgyzstan will host a Russia-led security bloc's peacekeeping drills this year instead of Armenia, which last month declined to host the exercises, the bloc's chief of staff said on February 14. Anatoly Sidorov said on February 14 that Kyrgyzstan has volunteered to host the drills, called Indestructible Brotherhood. Armenia, engaged in a dispute with Azerbaijan over the Nagorno-Karabakh region, said last month it would be unreasonable for it to host the drills of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) in the near future. To read the original story from Reuters, click here.
Kyrgyzstan To Host Drills By Russia-Led Defense Bloc
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