Egypt, Russia conduct joint naval drills in Black Sea until 2020 end

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The Egyptian and Russian navies started, on Saturday, joint exercises in the Black Sea that will continue until the end of this year, according to a statement by the Russian Black Sea Fleet’s press office.

Russia’s state-owned TASS news agency quoted the press office as saying, “In Novorossiysk, delegations from the Russian and Egyptian Navies will hold a three-day conference on preparing and holding the joint Friendship Bridge exercise 2020.”

The statement added that the two countries will formulate a “plan for exercises that will be held in the Black Sea for the first time.”

During the drills, warships from the Russian Navy’s Black Sea Fleet and the Egyptian Navy will practice measures, with the support of aircraft, to defend sea lanes against various threats. Troops will be deployed to organise communications and resupply at sea, and participants in the exercises will conduct searches for suspicious ships.

Sailors from the two countries’ navies will also practice measures under the command of the drills’ joint headquarters to organise all types of protection and defence at sea. They will also carry out the firing of missile and artillery machinery, whilst employing ship borne weapons, the press office specified.

“The drills aim to strengthen and develop military cooperation between the Egyptian and Russian Navies in the interests of security and stability at sea, and to exchange experience between the personnel in thwarting various threats in areas of intensive shipping activity,” the press office added.

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