Military exercises with US peacekeeping forces called Eagle Partner 2023 started in Armenia today, September 11, and will continue until September 20.
This is reported by the Armenian "Radio Liberty".
The training start ceremony took place at the "Zar" training center of the peacekeeping brigade of the Ministry of Defense of Armenia. 85 American and 175 Armenian military personnel are taking part in the exercises. Their goal is stated to be "increasing the level of operational interoperability of units participating in international peacekeeping missions," as well as "exchange of best practices in management and tactical communication."
- The Ministry of Defense of Armenia announced joint exercises with the Americans on September 6, 2023. The Kremlin said that such news causes "alertness", so they will carefully "monitor the situation".
- Already on September 8, the Armenian ambassador in Moscow was summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry, where he was strongly protested due to a "series of unfriendly steps", namely: the launch of the ratification of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, the trip of the wife of the Prime Minister of Armenia to Kyiv with the transfer of humanitarian aid, as well as conducting military exercises with the USA on the territory of Armenia.