The member states of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) wrapped up the first stage of the Enduring Brotherhood-2019 joint anti-terror drills at the Kharb-Maidon training range in Tajikistan, the press office of Russia’s Central Military District reported on Thursday.

At the first stage of the Enduring Brotherhood-2019 drills, the rapid response forces of the Central Asian region carried out an anti-terror operation to eliminate and block combat groups and detachments of illegal armed formations. The operation involved the personnel of Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Russia.

"The servicemen of the four countries worthily practiced assignments by their joint efforts to fight international terrorism and ensure security in the Central Asian strategic area. They were accomplishing combat training missions based on the experience of combat operations in armed conflicts, the forms of troops’ employment and the methods of their operations tested during combat training, considering the tactics by units of the armed forces of foreign states," Central Military District Commander Colonel-General Alexander Lapin said.

Reliable protection against any military threats can be guaranteed by the existence of a fine-tuned system of command and control and inter-operability of the troops from the CSTO member states, which will make it possible to promptly deploy groupings of forces upon the emergence of a crisis situation, he noted.