The joint tactical exercises within the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) will be held in the territories of Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan in the first decade of August this year. As reported by Novosti Russian news agency, the main goal of the maneuvers is to organize the interaction of the armed forces of the CSTO member countries in fight against terror at the current military and political conjuncture. Defense Ministers of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan will observe the course of the exercises.