The collective peacekeeping forces of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) will complete their mission in Kazakhstan after the complete stabilization of the situation in that country, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said, Interfax reported.

According to the minister, CSTO peacekeeping forces are currently carrying out tasks to protect important military, state and social facilities on the territory of Kazakhstan.

The minister said that the personnel and equipment were redeployed by airplanes of the Russian Air Force and its was possible due to the high coherence and efficiency of the armed forces of the CSTO member states achieved as a result of joint exercises, as well as the experience gained during the deployment of Russian troops in Syria and the peacekeeping contingent in Nagorno-Karabakh.