(MENAFN) The joint exercises of Russian and Egyptian paratroopers in 2018 is going to be hosted in Egypt, head of the organization and planning of peacekeeping operations of the Russian Airborne Forces at the CSTO Collective Rapid Response Force, Col. Alexey Sgibnev, said on Saturday.
"They have already invited us, the exercises will be conducted on the territory of Egypt," Sgibnev told the Ekho Moskvy broadcaster.
In 2017, the joint tactical exercises of the Russian Airborne Forces and the paratroopers of the Egyptian Armed Forces, named Defenders of Friendship-2017, were held in Russia's Krasnodar ground, according to Sputnik.
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