ArmInfo. 85 American and 175 Armenian servicemen will take part in the joint Armenian-American exercises in Armenia. Aljazeera reports with reference to a U.S. military spokesperson.
According to the source, Americans - including members of the Kansas National Guard which has a 20- year-old training partnership with Armenia - would be armed with rifles and would not be using heavy weaponry. Today the Ministry of Defense of Armenia stated that the purpose of the September 11-20 Eagle Partner 2023 drills was to prepare our forces to take part in international peacekeeping missions.
Meanwhile, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said: "Of course, such news causes concern, especially in the current situation. Therefore, we will deeply analyse this news and monitor the situation," Earlier, Yerevan announced its refusal to participate in the CSTO exercises taking place these days in Belarus, as well as in other exercises of the Organization that have been held since the beginning of the year in various CSTO member states.