T he CSTO paid great attention to the development of peacekeeping forces and their preparation for use in peacekeeping operations, including those under the auspices of the UN.
The main forms of training of formations of the assets of the CSTO collective security system, including special forces, were named joint trainings.
The CSTO approved a draft Agreement on jurisdiction and legal assistance in cases involving the temporary stay of formations of Collective Security Forces and the assets on the territories of CSTO member states. The purpose of the document is to create a mechanism for cooperation between the competent authorities of the CSTO member states: military police, military investigation, military prosecutor's office, military courts (tribunals) - in criminal and administrative cases against persons belonging to formations of the assets of collective security system.
Thus, all NATO military activity causes expected response from the CSTO. The military-political situation in the Baltic region today remains complicated and continues to develop under the influence of negative factors, the main of which are the clash of interests of the leading states in this region of and the activities of military-political alliances to expand their own spheres of influence.
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