Thursday, November 6, 2014

Russian airborne forces to conduct joint drills with Serbian military

November 05, 15:36 UTC+3
The drills will take place in Serbia in the first half of November
© Yuri Smityuk/TASS
MOSCOW, November 5. /TASS/. Russia’s airborne force units will conduct a joint tactical antiterrorism exercise with Serbian ground force units in Serbia in the first half of November, the Russian Defense Ministry told TASS on Wednesday. Troops of the Tula airborne force will be involved in the SREM-2014 maneuvers from the Russian side. The maneuvers will include firing exercise, airdropping of troops and combat vehicles stages with the use of multi-dome parachute systems.
The drills are to be conducted under the international military cooperation plan for 2014. Joint flight tactical exercises of the Air Forces of Russia and Serbia are planned for 2015.
In November 2013, Russia and Serbia signed an agreement on military and technical cooperation. The agreement includes peacekeeping experience exchange and interaction in peacekeeping operations, development of relations in the sphere of cartography, medicine and military education.

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