Representatives of the armed forces of China, Vietnam and Myanmar are invited to the exercises as observers
The MULINO LANDFILL / Nizhny Novgorod region/, September 9. /TASS/. Foreign observers are invited to the Russian-Belarusian strategic exercises "West-2021". This was reported on Thursday in the press service of the Western Military District.
"More than 100 representatives of military departments at diplomatic missions of foreign states accredited in the Russian Federation have been invited to the main stage of the Zapad-2021 strategic exercises," the district said.
In addition, as noted in the press service, representatives of the armed forces of China, Vietnam and Myanmar are invited to the exercises as observers. The armed forces of Uzbekistan, Pakistan and Sri Lanka will be represented at the exercises by operational groups of officers as part of the leadership headquarters. And the units of the armed forces of Armenia, Belarus, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Mongolia will take part in joint practical actions at the training grounds within the framework of the West-2021 exercises.
Strategic exercises of the armed forces of Russia and Belarus are held every two years. Zapad-2021 is the final stage of joint training of the armed forces of the two countries this year. Practical actions of the troops (forces) will be held from September 10 to 16 at nine training grounds located on the territory of Russia, in the Baltic Sea, as well as at five training grounds of the armed forces of Belarus.
In total, up to 200 thousand personnel, about 80 aircraft and helicopters, up to 760 units of military equipment, including 290 tanks, 240 guns, multiple rocket launchers and mortars, as well as up to 15 ships will participate in the exercises.
