ROSTOV-ON-DON: Over 70 mountaineers from Pakistan have reached Russia for participation in Friendship-2017 joint exercise, a spokesperson of the Southern Military District’s press service told a Russian news agency on Sunday.
“Over 200 servicemen in total will take part in the Friendship-2017 Russian-Pakistani military exercise, including over 70 mountaineers from Pakistan and over 100 servicemen of the mountain infantry division of the Southern Military District, stationed in the Republic of Karachay-Cherkessia,” the official said.
The exercise will take place on a mountain training range near Nizhny Arkhyz settlement.
The exercises are expected to end on October 4.