Joint military exercises of Armenian and Russian army forces are concludedOctober 13, 2018 - 16:50 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On October 12, according to Army Forces preparation plan, the final stage of military shooting organized within joint military exercises of Armenian and Russian Army Forces took place in RA AF training centre after Marshal Baghramyan, reports the Information and PR Department of Ministry of Defence. The topic of the military exercises, which started on October 8, was: “Bringing military units and subdivisions to combat readiness level. Reinforcing RA state border protection, using air defence forces and means, preparing and maintening a defence battle”. As a result of harmonious actions of RA AF and RF AF involved in the joint combat which was led by General-Mayor Tigran Parvanyan, the conditional opponent was thrown back and the front line was restored. All the planned and unplanned events were fully implemented. Unmanned aerial vehicles, intelligence-specific groups, various firefighting measures, self-propelled artillery systems, heavy armament and aviation were involved in the large-scale shooting exercise. The aim of the military training was to improve the practical skills of coordinating regiment and battalion commanders, ensure harmony in actions of the members during subdivision management, bringing combat to readiness level and maintaining a defence battle. Top stories The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. Defense Minister Suren Papikyan has visited the southern Armenian province of Syunik, the Defense Ministry reported on March 18. Partner news | Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. |