"Russia concerned": Armenia will conduct training with US armed forces

The Kremlin stated that he would carefully monitor the Eagle Partner's Eagle 2023 training. According to journalists, the Russian Federation has a military base in Armenia and considers itself a dominant state in the Southern Caucasus region, which until 1991 was part of the Soviet Union. Armenia stated on September 6 that he would conduct joint military exercises with the United States next week, which, according to Russia, is concerned, Reuters reports.

The Armenian Ministry of Defense stated that the purpose of the Eagle Partner 2023 exercises, which will take place on September 11-20, was to prepare forces to participate in international peacekeeping missions. A representative of the US Armed Forces reported that 85 US soldiers and 175 Armenians will take part in them.

He said that Americans, including members of the National Guard of Kansas, who has been working with Armenia in the field of study for 20 years, will be armed with rifles and will not use heavy weapons. Despite the small scale of the exercise, the Kremlin stated that it would be closely monitored. "Of course, such news is of concern, especially in the current situation. Therefore, we will deeply analyze this news and follow the situation," said Kremlin representative Dmitry Peskov.

According to the publication, Russia has a military base in Armenia and considers itself a dominant state in the Southern Caucasus region, which until 1991 was part of the Soviet Union. The Russian Federation supports peacekeeping forces in the region to comply with the agreement that has ended the war between Armenia and Azerbaijan in 2020.

Journalists report that Armenian Prime Minister Nicol Pashinyan stated that Russia could not protect Armenia from what he called a continuing aggression by Azerbaijan. He suggested that the war of Russia in Ukraine means that it is not able to meet all the needs of Armenia in the field of security. Peskov told reporters on Tuesday that he did not agree with Pashinyan's statements. "Russia is a completely integral part of this region," he said.

"Russia plays a consistent, very important role in stabilizing the situation in the region . . . And we will continue to play this role. " We will remind, on September 1 it was reported that in Latvia there will be training, during which the forces of the Alliance will evaluate the prospects of use of 5G networks for use in military conditions. Earlier, Focus reported that the United States was preparing a "quantum answer" of China. The US Army will receive at least $ 52.