The ceremony is attended by the Chief of the General Staff – First Deputy Minister of Defence of the Republic of Belarus, Major General Pavel Muraveiko.

Addressing the exercise participants, Major General Pavel Muraveiko congratulated them on its successful completion:

“Today we are concluding one of the landmark events of joint operational training within the scope of the Collective Security Treaty Organization – the “Poisk-2025” exercise. The military-political and strategic situation developing in the CSTO responsibility zone compels us to keep our powder dry. Our exercise, the “Vzaimodeystviye-2025” and “Eshelon-2025” exercises, the upcoming “Rubezh-2025” and “Nerushimoye Bratstvo” exercises are nothing but a test of the strength of our collective security system. I have carefully studied the entire complex of measures carried out within the framework of the “Poisk” exercise. All the objectives set for the trainees by the exercise leaders, the representatives of contingents from other states, all the tasks assigned to the reconnaissance groups and units, have been, on the whole, accomplished with high quality and effectively rated as “excellent”. I am confident that the skills you have acquired during the exercises will be useful to you in your further service as you improve your training in your national armed forces. I have no doubt that our hospitable Belarusian land has opened up pages of its history and the charms of our Belarusian reality to you. I express words of gratitude to all contingents, to all contingent leaders, for their active participation in this event. I am sure that this is not our “last” meeting on Belarusian soil.”