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Russia has pledged 73 billion rubles for the next three years to increase the number of contract personnel in the Armed Forces, according to an explanatory note to the draft federal budget for 2022-2024, which is available to RIA Novosti.

Russia's spending on national defense in 2022-2024 will amount to more than 10.8 trillion rubles, according to the explanatory note to the draft federal budget for three years.

Tehran wants to conduct such negotiations on its nuclear program that would lead to the complete lifting of anti-Iranian sanctions, Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi said on Tuesday.

The Taliban movement (banned in Russia) should form a truly inclusive government if it wants Afghanistan to become a safe country, Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi said on Tuesday.

The entry of Canberra into the AUKUS partnership and the rejection of the contract with Paris for the construction of submarines may lead to the fact that Australia will receive submarines a decade later than planned - in 2040, said French Defense Ministry spokesman Herve Grandjean.

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, called on the authorities of all countries of the world to tighten control over artificial intelligence. She believes that some developments in the field of AI may violate human rights.

About 400 units of military and special equipment were also involved

More than 800 servicemen and about 400 units of military and special equipment were involved in the tactical exercise of the parachute battalion and support units of the Ivanovo Guards Airborne Unit, the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reports.

The meeting of French Defense Ministers Florence Parly and Great Britain's Ben Wallace, which was supposed to take place this week, was canceled due to Paris ' dissatisfaction with Australia's decision to build nuclear submarines within the framework of AUKUS, The Guardian reports.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is seeking to smooth over the sharpness in relations with France that arose after the British-American deal with Australia on the construction of submarines instead of French ones.

At the same time, bilateral battalion and regimental tactical exercises were launched at four training grounds of the Southern Military District, which will last until September 26, the press service of the Southern Military District informs.

From September 20 to 24, the joint military anti-terrorist command and staff exercise of the armed forces of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization member states "Peace Mission-2021" will be held at the Donguz training ground in the Orenburg Region. For the first time, the military contingent of the Republic of Belarus will also take part in the exercise, the Central Military District reported today.

The joint anti-terrorist exercise of the armed forces of the member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) "Peace Mission-2021" will be held from September 20 to 24 at the Donguz training ground in the Orenburg Region.

Militants from Afghanistan may try to break into the territory of the member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), said Alexander Lapin, commander of the Central Military District (CVO).

Paris recalled the ambassadors from the United States and Australia for consultations on the termination of the submarine contract with the Naval Group by Canberra.

The Presidential Committee on Strategy and Budget of Turkey has published a draft of the country's "Medium-term Economic Development Program" (MTEP) covering the period 2022-2024.

The Ukrainian-American military exercises Rapid Trident-2021 started on Monday in the Lviv region, the press service of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reports.

The Russian military has launched major exercises in the south against the background of maneuvers launched in Ukraine with the participation of NATO contingents. About 10 thousand Russian servicemen are involved in the exercises, which began at training grounds in the Rostov region, Chechnya, Crimea and South Ossetia, the Southern Military District (SE) said on Monday.

The British Ministry of Defense has signed three contracts for the development of laser and radio frequency weapons demonstrators. One of the promising installations will be tested on board the Type 23 frigate, and the other will be installed on the Wolfhound armored vehicle.

The United States has agreed to expand its military presence in Australia, the country will be provided with assistance in obtaining nuclear submarines from the American side. This was announced on Thursday, September 16, by the head of the Pentagon, Lloyd Austin.

The radical Taliban movement that has come to power in Afghanistan (banned in the Russian Federation) plans to create a regular army in the country.

"In the near future, we will build a strong and orderly army," Qari Fasihuddin, the chief of staff of the Taliban forces, said on Wednesday, as quoted by the Afghan media.