Russia, Pakistan to hold joint military drills

[Zarvan]

https://nation.com.pk/NewsSource/xinhua
Xinhua
7:35 PM | October 16, 2018




The Russian-Pakistani military drills "Friendship 2018" will be held in the mountains of Pakistan from Oct. 21 to Nov. 4, a Russian press office said on Tuesday.

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According to Vadim Astafyev, head of the press service of the Russian Southern Military District, the joint drills will be held at the training range in Pakistan's northwestern town of Pabbi.

More than 70 mountain shooters from Karachay-Cherkessia will take part in the drills.

The servicemen from the two countries' armed forces will perform tasks at an altitude of 1,400 meters above sea level, Astafyev said.

Russia and Pakistan have been holding the "Friendship" drills since 2016. In 2017, over 200 servicemen took part in the drills, which were held in the North Caucasus at an altitude of 2,300 meters above sea level.

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In August, Pakistan and Russia reached a historic agreement allowing officers from the country’s armed forces to train in Russia.

The deal was concluded at the end of the inaugural meeting of Russia-Pakistan Joint Military Consultative Committee in Rawalpindi, reported VOA, citing a statement from the defence ministry.

The talks between the two countries were headed by Defence Secretary Zamirul Hassan Shah and visiting Russian Deputy Defense Minister Col Gen Alexander Fomin.

“The two sides also held in-depth discussions on avenues of future cooperation. In the end, both countries signed the Contract on Admission of Service Members of Pakistan in the RF [Russian

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Pakistan and Russia have stepped up cooperation in the defence sector since 2014 when the two nations signed an agreement for boosting bilateral ties. Federation’s Training Institutes,” said the ministry statement.

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[GHALIB]

new friendships are taking place .

 

[Riz]

Hasi-mazaak of the millennium! I am certain the two militaries are bored of idleness. No other reason for holding this useless and meaningless drills. I thought the S400 deal demonstrated such drills mean nothing.

Money mate.. Money... If we had money no one can stop us buying s400 from Russia.. Dont think they will never sold us any weapons due to India pressure

 

[Cuirassier]

Hasi-mazaak of the millennium! I am certain the two militaries are bored of idleness. No other reason for holding this useless and meaningless drills. I thought the S400 deal demonstrated such drills mean nothing.

Apparently Russia doesn't care about the Indo-Pak rivalry and welcomes any deals that favour their defence industry, which is pretty much the most lucrative stuff they have ATM.