(MENAFN) Russian and Turkish naval forces carried out a joint drill in the Black Sea, the Russian Defense Ministry reported Friday.
Russian patrol ship "Vasily Bykov" and sea trawler "Valentin Pikul", and Turkish navy corvette "Burgazada" and minesweeper "Akcay" participated in the exercise carried out close to the port of Novorossiysk, the ministry emphasized in a statement.
The statement affirmed that both nations' forces worked together to simulate safe navigation of vessels out of a naval minefield.
The exercise was part of Turkey's national naval drill "Blue Motherland-2019".
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