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The Russian-Mongolian joint military exercise Selenga-2019 has kicked off at the Munkh Khet firing range in Mongolia, the press office of Russia’s Eastern Military District reported on Friday.
Axar.az reports citing TASS.
"A special ceremony was held at the Munkh Khet practice range to open the joint Russian-Mongolian military drills Selenga-2019, which involve up to 1,000 personnel of the Eastern Military District’s motor rifle large unit stationed in the town of Kyakhta (Buryatia) and the same number of troops from Mongolia," the press office said in a statement.
The opening ceremony was attended by Military Exercise Head from the Russian side Lieutenant-General Mikhail Nosulev and Military Exercise Head from the Mongolian side Brigadier General B. Amgalanbaatar, the statement says.
The state flags of the countries participating in the military exercise were raised and the national anthems were performed during a special ceremony. Servicemen of the Eastern Military District and the armed forces of Mongolia marched in a ceremonial parade in a single formation through the field ground. After the ceremonial part was over, the crews started preparing their combat hardware for the active phase of the drills and the Russian servicemen shared the experience of operating gun armament, transmission gear and engines in the conditions of heavy dust concentrations.
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2019.08.16 / 19:31
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Axar.az
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