Tajikistan, India and Pakistan to partake in military drills in Russia

AKIPRESS.COM - Tajikistan, India, Pakistan servicemen will participate in Tsentr-2019 (Center-2019) strategic command and staff drills on September 16-21, TASS reports.
Almost 130,000 troops, over 20,000 weapon systems and about 600 aircraft from seven countries will take part in the staff drills and overall, the strategic command and staff drills will involve about 128,000 personnel, more than 20,000 items of armament and military hardware, about 600 aircraft and up to 15 warships and support vessels," the press office said in a statement.
The military personnel of the 8 SCO countries like Russia, China, Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan, India, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekista will jointly practice measures in the course of assisting land troops in coastal operations, defending sea lanes and the areas of maritime economic activity.