Moscow. January 29. INTERFAX - The Russian Defense Ministry has decided to move the area of the upcoming exercises of the Russian Navy in the Atlantic Ocean outside the exclusive economic zone of Ireland, so as not to interfere with the Irish fishing business, the Russian embassy in Dublin reported on Saturday.
"In response to requests from the Government of Ireland and the Organization of Fish Producers in the south and west of Ireland, the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Sergei Shoigu, as a gesture of goodwill, decided to move the area of the Russian Navy exercises scheduled for the period from February 3 to 8, outside the exclusive economic zone of Ireland," Ambassador Yuri Filatov said in a comment distributed on the social networks of the diplomatic mission.
This decision was made in order not to interfere with the activities of Irish fishing vessels in their traditional fishing areas, the embassy noted.
Earlier it was reported that, in accordance with the training plan of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation for 2022, a series of naval exercises are held in January and February in all areas of responsibility of the fleets under the overall leadership of the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy Nikolai Evmenov.
The main focus of the exercises is to work out the actions of the Navy and Aerospace Forces to protect Russian national interests in the world Ocean, as well as to counter military threats to the Russian Federation from sea and ocean directions.
The exercises will cover the waters of the seas adjacent to the Russian territory, as well as operationally important areas of the World Ocean. Separate exercises will be held in the waters of the Mediterranean, Northern, Okhotsk Seas, in the northeastern part of the Atlantic Ocean and in the Pacific Ocean, the Russian military department reported.
