Turkey to hold exercises at Caucasian bordersJune 30, 2009 - 20:49 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Turkey intends to hold military exercises on frontier territories to Caucasus. The Turkish military servicemen will work out a scenario to combat terrorism and face regional challenges. As the Turkish headquarters staff stated, these will be planned exercises not affiliated with the military maneuvers of neighboring countries, the Turkish Hurriyet writes. On June 29 large -scale military exercises Caucasus-2009 began in southern Russia. Maneuvers will involve 8.5 thousand troops, 200 tanks, 450 armored vehicles and 250 artillery pieces. ![]() ![]() Azerbaijani authorities report that they have already resettled 3,000 people in the Nagorno-Karabakh town of Stepanakert. On June 10, Azerbaijani President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev will leave for Turkey on a working visit. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. ![]() ![]() Partner news | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |