Joint anti-terror command and staff exercises of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation will also be held, Army Commander-in-Chief Oleg Salyukov said
Joint anti-terror command and staff exercises of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation will also be held, Army Commander-in-Chief Oleg Salyukov said
Russian ground forces will hold seven international drills in 2016, including the first ever military exercises with Pakistan, officials said.
Pakistan and Russia had signed a milestone military cooperation pact in November 2014 aimed at bringing peace and stability to the region. The agreement was signed during a visit by Russian defence minister Sergei Shoigu.
Both countries expressed hope that the agreement will pave the way for exchange of views and information as well as issues related to strengthening of mutual trust and international security, counter-terrorist and arms control activities. Russia had in June 2014 lifted its embargo on arms supplies to Pakistan.
“As part of interaction with our foreign colleagues in 2016, we have scheduled seven joint exercises with the involvement of the relevant units of foreign states,” Russian Army’s Commander-in-Chief Oleg Salyukov said.
The Army will hold the Russian-Vietnamese exercise and the first ever Russian-Pakistani special drills in mountainous terrain (in Russia),” Salyukov added.
Joint anti-terror command and staff exercises of the Shanghai Coopera-tion Organisation will also be held, the commander said.
“The Peace Mission 2016, the joint drills of peacekeeping forces of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation, codenamed Indestructible Brotherhood, the Frontier 2016 joint command and staff drills, the Indra 2016 Russian-Indian exercises and the Selenga-2016 Russian-Mongolian drills will be held,” the commander said.
