"We’ve long been talking about the necessity to create a large group in the Central Asia region. We have the collective rapid response forces (KSOR), and the collective rapid deployment forces (KSBR) there, intended for containing local armed conflicts. But what if we have a full-blown war?

"The KSOR and the KSBR can take part in large-scale military actions to protect the sovereignty of countries, but they cannot act as a decisive force. Therefore we say: we need a large group of troops, such as the Russian-Belarussian one, that comprises formations capable of rebuffing an attack," Bordyuzha said.

When asked about the timeframe to set up such a group of troops in Central Asia, he underlined that the CSTO member-states must prepare a document in the first place which "will satisfy all and meet the national interests of all the states."

Bordyuzha does not expect any military conflict in the territory of the CSTO member-states, but regards the situation in Afghanistan dangerous. "It is deteriorating catastrophically," the CSTO chief warned.

"We do not predict that any conflict might flare up in the territory of the CSTO member-states, although the situation in Afghanistan, which borders on the CSTO zone and members of our organization -- Tajikistan and Uzbekistan -- is very acute and dangerous," he said.