Russia, Egypt to Hold Anti-Terror Drills Next Week
Dan Arkin
| 17/10/2018
http://www.mod.gov.eg/ModWebSite/NewsDetails.aspx?id=34597
Military observers from 13 countries will take part in the Russian-Egyptian Defenders of Friendship 2018 anti-terror drills next week, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
"At the invitation of the Egyptian side, representatives of the defense ministries from the United Arab Emirates, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the State of Kuwait, Bahrein, Oman, Sudan, Jordan, Greece, Cyprus, Serbia, the Republic of Belarus, Armenia and Kazakhstan have been invited to observe the drills of airborne forces of Russia and Egypt," the ministry said.
The basic phase of the Defenders of Friendship 2018 drills will be held on October 24-26. The maneuvers will involve over 400 paratroopers from both countries, more than 15 helicopters and aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Force and the Egyptian Air Force, and also six Russian BMD-2 and BTR-D armored vehicles that will be air-dropped using Russian-made parachutes.
[Source: TASS]
http://www.mod.gov.eg/ModWebSite/NewsDetails.aspx?id=34597
Military observers from 13 countries will take part in the Russian-Egyptian Defenders of Friendship 2018 anti-terror drills next week, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
"At the invitation of the Egyptian side, representatives of the defense ministries from the United Arab Emirates, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the State of Kuwait, Bahrein, Oman, Sudan, Jordan, Greece, Cyprus, Serbia, the Republic of Belarus, Armenia and Kazakhstan have been invited to observe the drills of airborne forces of Russia and Egypt," the ministry said.
The basic phase of the Defenders of Friendship 2018 drills will be held on October 24-26. The maneuvers will involve over 400 paratroopers from both countries, more than 15 helicopters and aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Force and the Egyptian Air Force, and also six Russian BMD-2 and BTR-D armored vehicles that will be air-dropped using Russian-made parachutes.
[Source: TASS]
