Russia and Uzbekistan have once again stand on the way to deepen relations in the field of national security?
The answer to this question may become the next Russian-Uzbek military exercises. they will be held at the site Ştefan Foriş in Jizzakh region of Uzbekistan. According to the latest data, maneuvers with the participation of Russian and Uzbek soldiers have to go through this fall. In autumn, were Russian-Uzbek military exercises in the past year.
Discussion of the exercises took place during the visit of the delegation of the Ministry of Defense of Uzbekistan in Russia. Senior Uzbek military visited Samara and Orenburg regions, which we studied the experience of combat training CVO Army Combined Arms. When this has been achieved agreement on deepening cooperation in the field of defense.
It should be noted, Uzbekistan to address the then President Islam Karimov left the Collective Security Treaty 2012 year. Since then, the army of the Republic does not participate in the CSTO joint maneuvers. There was a period of time, during which actually turned out to be phased out and bilateral military contacts with Russia. However, in recent years there has been significantly increased interest in the official Tashkent to cooperate with Russia in various spheres, including the sphere of security. Attended by Uzbek military and army games.
For reference: Armed Forces of the Republic of Uzbekistan, according to analysts Global Firepower, are the strongest among all the armies in Central Asia. defense spending, budgeted in the country 2018 year, up 4% VVP. It is almost half a billion dollars. The number of Uzbek army today is about 60 thousands of people. In this case, since January this year, President Shaukat Mirziov turned the army into a new vector of development, signed a new law “On defense doctrine”.
