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The Turkish authorities have declared the international part of the Aegean Sea a zone of military exercises in response to Greece's failure to comply with the terms of the Athens Memorandum, the Anadolu agency reports, citing sources in Ankara.

The volume of Russian arms exports in 2021, according to preliminary estimates, will amount to about $15 billion. This was announced on Wednesday, June 23, by the director of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC) Dmitry Shugaev.

Russia and Pakistan are building up the potential of military-technical cooperation, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin said.

The visit of the delegation of the Republic of Maldives to the IX Moscow Conference on International Security is regarded as an intention to develop a political dialogue. This was announced on Wednesday by the Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Colonel-General Alexander Fomin. The Russian military commander held a meeting with his Maldivian counterpart Hassan Zamil, Deputy Minister of Defense of the Maldives, within the framework of the forum.

The intensification of contacts with the Ministry of Defense of Qatar is of particular importance, and meetings at the level of defense ministers contribute to strengthening friendly ties, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu believes.

Russia attaches great importance to strengthening ties with Cyprus, sees this country as a historical ally and partner, said Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin.

Soldiers of the elite Preobrazhensky regiment have been sent to Venezuela for a parade dedicated to the Independence Day of this country, the Western Military District said on Wednesday.

The Russian Defense Ministry considers the arrival in Moscow of a military delegation from Saudi Arabia as a confirmation of the country's course to develop cooperation with Russia, said the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Valery Gerasimov.

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu on Wednesday, June 23, held a working meeting with the head of the military department of the Republic of Sudan, Yasin Ibrahim.

The American company Aerojet Rocketdyne conducted static fire tests of a solid-fuel engine for a rocket complex with OpFires hypersonic gliders. The engine can be turned off before all the fuel burns out, which will allow the missiles to reach any targets in the middle radius. According to the US Defense Advanced Development Agency, the tests were recognized as successful.

The Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Alexander Fomin and the Minister of National Defense of Mauritania Hanan ould Seidi expressed their readiness to begin the earliest practical implementation of the agreement

Deputy Defense Minister of the Russian Federation Colonel-General Alexander Fomin and Minister of National Defense of Mauritania Hanan Ould Seydi signed an agreement on military cooperation between the two countries. This was reported to journalists on Wednesday in the Russian Defense Ministry.

The United States is interested in returning all parties to compliance with the terms of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), this will not only prevent Iran from creating nuclear weapons, but also provide an opportunity to pressure Tehran on other issues, State Department spokesman Ned Price said.

The Eastern Military District (VVO) and the People's Liberation Army of China (PLA) have started negotiations on holding joint exercises "West/Interaction-2021" on the territory of the People's Republic of China, the press service of the VVO reports.

Washington has imposed so many anti-Russian sanctions that it has almost completely lost the ability to exert pressure on Moscow by this method, former Pentagon chief and former CIA director Robert Gates said on Tuesday, June 22, speaking at a virtual event organized by the Ronald Reagan Institute.

The main part of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation is vaccinated against coronavirus - more than 900 thousand people have been vaccinated, Defense Minister General of the Russian Army Sergei Shoigu said at a conference call in the military department on Tuesday.

Russia will continue to work to strengthen its group in the Arctic and equip it with modern weapons in response to attempts by foreign countries to destabilize the situation in this region, Deputy head of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday.

During a recent meeting between the presidents of Turkey and the United States, it was agreed that the Turkish military will remain in Afghanistan after the withdrawal of NATO troops to ensure the security of the Kabul International Airport. On the sidelines of the Diplomatic Forum in Antalya, the Afghan Foreign Minister made the following statement in this regard.

Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev held bilateral talks on security issues in Dushanbe with colleagues from India, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, the press secretary of the Russian Security Council staff Yevgeny Anoshin said.

Moscow and Caracas continue negotiations on the supply of new weapons, and Russia is ready to continue to help the Latin American republic in strengthening its defense capability. This was announced on Tuesday, June 22, by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu on Tuesday, June 22, held a working meeting with the Commander-in-Chief of the Myanmar Armed Forces, Min Aung Hlaing, who is also the chairman of the State Administrative Council of the country.