PLANNING CONFERENCE OF THE COOPERATIVE LONGBOW/LANCER 08 MILITARY EXERCISES TO BE HELD IN YEREVAN
armradio.am
02.05.2008 12:36
May 14-16 the planning conference of NATO’s Cooperative Longbow/Lancer
08 military exercises will take place in Yerevan, Mediamax reported.
The Cooperative Longbow/Lancer 08 exercises will take place in Armenia
in September and will become the most large-scale military exercises
NATO has ever conducted in Armenia.
The Initial Planning Conference of the military exercises took place
in Yerevan at the end of January. 110 experts from 20 countries
participated in the conference.
Addressing the conference, Chief of Staff of Allied Land Component
Command Heidelberg, Brigadier General Claudio Verchellotti informed
that more than 1 000 servicemen will participate in the military
exercises. He noted also that that the military exercises to be held
in Armenia are one of the most important events NATO plans to hold
in 2008.