Syrian President Bashar al-Assad receives Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, and the talks dealt with cooperation between the Russian and Syrian armies, especially in the issue of combating terrorism.
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President al-Assad discusses with Shoigu the existing cooperation between the Russian and Syrian armies
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad received in Damascus Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, who arrived in Syria to inspect the conduct of Russian naval maneuvers in the eastern Mediterranean.
The Russian Defense Ministry indicated that Minister Shoigu “informed the Syrian president during the meeting about the progress of Russian naval maneuvers in the eastern Mediterranean.”
She added that “various issues of military-technical cooperation between the two countries were discussed, in the framework of the joint fight against the remnants of international terrorists, and Russian humanitarian aid to the Syrian people, who are suffering from unjust sanctions imposed by the United States and Western countries.”
For its part, the Syrian presidency said, in a statement, that the conversation dealt with “the existing cooperation between the Russian and Syrian armies, especially on the issue of combating terrorism.”
The presidency stated that Minister Shoigu “reiterated that his country will continue to cooperate with Syria in this field, until its sovereignty is restored over its entire territory, despite the attempts of countries that support terrorist organizations to reactivate it after the losses suffered by these organizations.”
Earlier, the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy, Admiral Nikolai Evminov, announced that more than 140 naval units, covered by 60 aircraft, were participating in maneuvers launched by the Russian Defense Ministry in the Mediterranean.
In a report submitted to the General Command of the Armed Forces, Evminov said that “more than 140 warships and 1,000 military vehicles are participating in a series of Russian naval maneuvers in the Mediterranean,” adding that “more than 60 aircraft, 1,000 units of military equipment and about 10,000 A soldier is also participating in the maneuvers.”
It is noteworthy that the Russian Defense Ministry announced, on Tuesday, Military exercises start For offensive engineering units using the latest equipment in the Krasnodar Territory in the vicinity of Crimea.
A few days ago, the Russian Defense Ministry announced the start of joint Russian-Belarusian military exercises.Union Packages-2022In Belarus, the ministry said, in a statement, that the exercises are taking place “with the aim of mastering the tasks of countering external aggression during a defensive operation, as well as combating terrorism and protecting the interests of the federal state.”
The Kremlin announced, earlier, that Russia and Belarus “They face unprecedented threats. And it seems that their density, unfortunately, is much greater and more dangerous than it was in the past,” which explains the size of the joint military exercises between the two countries, according to Peskov.