(MENAFN- AzerNews)
By Vugar Khalilov
Azerbaijan and Turkiye are conducting joint Underwater Offensive
military drills, Azernews reports, citing the Turkish National
Defense Ministry.
“The Underwater Offensive training, which began under the
coordination of the Azerbaijan Task Group Command, is underway in
Turkiye and Azerbaijan. The training includes underwater attack;
search and rescue, combat in residential areas, rope slip and shore
attack,' the ministry wrote on its Twitter account.
In the same vein, Azerbaijani servicemen left for Iran to join
the Sniper Frontier contest to be held as part of the International
Army Games-2022 in Yazd city, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry
reported on August 14.
The participants familiarized themselves with the location,
where the contest will be held, and were informed of the safety
rules, as well as the contest's features and conditions, the
ministry added.
The Sniper Frontier competition will be attended by teams from
Azerbaijan, Belarus, China, Iran, Uzbekistan, Russia, and
Zimbabwe.
Furthermore, participants in the Tank Biathlon competition,
which was held as part of the International Army Games-2022 at the
Alabino military training area in Moscow, Russia, fulfilled the
technical training standards, the ministry said in a separate
report.
The servicemen participating in the contest completed all duties
effectively, the ministry stressed.
The Tank Biathlon contest will last until August 27, 2022, the
report added.
Another event was the opening ceremony of the Masters of
Artillery Fire competition, which was hosted as part of the
International Army Games-2022 in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan's
capital.
Kazakhstan's Defense Minister Col-Gen Ruslan Zhaksylykov and
deputy ministers, as well as Russian Deputy Defense Minister,
Col-Gen Aleksandr Fomin, military attachés, teams, and media
representatives, attended the event.
Welcoming the visitors, Zhaksylykov, congratulated the teams on
the opening of the Masters of Artillery Fire competition and wished
them luck. Zhaksylykov stressed the importance of the games in the
formation and growth of international military cooperation.
The teams from Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia, Armenia,
Tajikistan, Zimbabwe, Venezuela, and Kyrgyzstan are competing in
the Masters of Artillery Fire competition, which runs until August
24.
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