Navies of Black Sea littoral states plan BLACKSEAFOR exercises

The Navies of Black Sea littoral states began to plan BLACKSEAFOR exercises due this year, spokesman for the Russian Black Sea Fleet Captain First Rank Vyacheslav Trukhachev told Itar-Tass.

“A meeting on the issue is being held in Divnomorskoye in the Krasnodar Territory at the base of the permanent coordination centre of the Black Sea Naval Force BLACKSEAFOR,” he said.

“Russia is represented by Assistant Chief of Staff of the Black Sea Fleet Captain First Rank Yuri Zemsky. At the meeting the negotiators will agree on a scenario of the military exercises in April and discuss cooperation during joint exercises,” Trukhachev noted.

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