The Armenian peacekeepers of the CSTO have left Kazakhstan for their homeland, RIA Novosti reported, citing the press service of the Russian defense ministry.

"The personnel and equipment of the units of the CSTO collective peacekeeping forces from the Republic of Armenia, which were carrying out the tasks of protection of socially significant facilities in the Republic of Kazakhstan, are returning home," the respective statement reads, in part.

It is added that the Russian military transport planes have been used for the Armenian, Belarusian, and Tajik peacekeepers’ return home.