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    KAZAKHSTAN TO ATTEND NATO DRILLS IN ARMENIA

    Kazakhstan General Newswire
    June 25, 2008

    Turkey, Azerbaijan and Russia will not participate in the Cooperative
    Longbow/Lancer NATO exercises that take place in Armenia this fall.

    Deputy head of the general staff of the Armenian armed forces Arshaluys
    Paytyan made this announcement at a final session of the NATO exercise
    planning conference.

    According to him, drill participants from the former USSR include
    Armenia, Georgia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Moldova. "22 countries take
    part in the exercises, including 7 NAT member countries, among them US,
    UK, Canada, Poland and Lithuania, as well 13 NATO partner countries.

    Representatives of the United Arab Emirates will arrive in Yerevan
    to represent Istanbul Cooperation," said Paytyan.

    According to the press service of the Armenian Defense Ministry,
    NATO CP exercises are scheduled on September 26 - October 7 and
    include 429 officers and a total of 748 servicemen.
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