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    RIA Novosti, Russia
    Aug 24 2004

    ARMENIAN-RUSSIAN MILITARY EXERCISES BEGIN


    YEREVAN, August 24 (RIA Novosti's Gamlet Matevosyan) - Joint
    Armenian-Russian military exercises have started at the Marshal
    Bagramyan training ground near Armavir on Tuesday.

    The Armenian enhanced motorized rifle regiment and servicemen from
    the 102nd Russian military base stationed in Gyumri (Armenia) are
    taking part in the exercises, Colonel Seiran Shakhsuvaryan, the press
    secretary of the Armenian Defense Ministry, told RIA Novosti.

    Different branches of the armed forces including fighting and assault
    aircraft and artillery will be involved in the exercises, which will
    last until August 27.

    The purpose of the exercises is to practice defensive interaction.

    The 102nd Russian military base of the North Caucasian military
    district in Gyumri (deployed in 1995) is on combat alert as part of
    the CIS air defense system. There are 5,000 people stationed at the
    base, which is equipped with a C-300 surface-to-air missile system
    and MiG-29 fighters.
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