Armenia to hold military drills from March 16-20-RIA cites defence ministry

By Metro US Posted on March 12, 2021

Ethnic Armenian soldiers gather at their fighting positions near divided

Ethnic Armenian soldiers gather at their fighting positions near divided Taghavard village in Nagorno-Karabakh region

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Armenia’s defence ministry on Friday said military exercises involving 7,500 troops would be held in Armenia on March 16-20, the RIA news agency reported.

The ministry said the goal of the exercise was, among other things, to test the combat readiness of troops.

(Reporting by Maria Kiselyova; Writing by Alexander Marrow; Editing by Alex Richardson)

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