Russian military vehicle fires during the Center-2019 military exercise in Novosibirsk region, Russia, on Sept. 19, 2019. (Xinhua/Evgeny Sinitsyn)
Russia plans to host six bilateral drills and two multilateral exercises.
MOSCOW, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) -- Russian ground forces plan to participate in nine military exercises with foreign troops in 2021, the Russian Defense Ministry said Friday.
Russia plans to respectively host six bilateral drills with Algeria, India, Pakistan, Laos, Vietnam and Sri Lanka, the ministry said in a statement.
On the territory of Russia, there will be two multilateral drills involving members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and the Collective Security Treaty Organization.
A Russian-Mongolian military exercise will be held in Mongolia.
"All the maneuvers will be aimed at peacekeeping and counterterrorism," it said. ■
