Russian experts will carry out military activity assessments in several
regions of Croatia and Albania under the Vienna Document on Confidence-
and Security-Building Measures on September 27-30, the head of Russia's
Nuclear Risk Reduction Center said.
Russian experts will visit training grounds and
ranges, receive briefings on military activities, formations and units
in the specified areas, as well as attending Albania's military
exercises taking place on September 19-30, he added.
"The inspection is being carried out in order to determine the scale of
declared military activity in the given area or to confirm an absence of
military activity that must be declared in advance. The area measures
16,000 square kilometers (6,200 square miles) in Croatia and 12,000
square kilometers in Albania," Sergei Ryzhkov said on Monday.
The Vienna Document is aimed at confidence and security building in
Europe and envisages Organization for Security and Co-operation in
Europe (OSCE) member states providing each other with information on
their armed forces, defense planning and military budget details, as
well as exchanging military observers and carrying out inspections.
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