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Russia To Hold 60 Joint Events with Foreign Armies in 2013
CIS joint drills
© RIA Novosti. Olga Balashova
05:39 01/12/2012
MOSCOW, December 1 (RIA Novosti) - Russian servicemen will hold over
60 joint events with their foreign colleagues in 2013, a spokesman for
the Russian Defense Ministry has said.
`Great attention in the academic year 2013 [starting December 1] will
be paid to international military cooperation,' the spokesman told
journalists.
`In line with agreements with armies of foreign states, more than 60
joint tactical training activities are due to be held,' he said.
The spokesman added that the focus will be on strengthening military
cooperation with states members of the CIS - a loose association of
former Soviet republics - and the regional alliances named the
Collective Security Treaty Organization and the Shanghai Cooperation
Organization.
CIS joint drills
© RIA Novosti. Olga Balashova
05:39 01/12/2012
MOSCOW, December 1 (RIA Novosti) - Russian servicemen will hold over
60 joint events with their foreign colleagues in 2013, a spokesman for
the Russian Defense Ministry has said.
`Great attention in the academic year 2013 [starting December 1] will
be paid to international military cooperation,' the spokesman told
journalists.
`In line with agreements with armies of foreign states, more than 60
joint tactical training activities are due to be held,' he said.
The spokesman added that the focus will be on strengthening military
cooperation with states members of the CIS - a loose association of
former Soviet republics - and the regional alliances named the
Collective Security Treaty Organization and the Shanghai Cooperation
Organization.