The Cobalt 2024 military exercises of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) will be held from August 14 to 16 in Novosibirsk, Russia, under the leadership of the Russian National Guard, the latter’s press service informed TASS, which added that Armenia will not participate in these exercises. The department noted that representatives of respective ministries and departments of Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan will participate in this event.