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    Kazinform, Kazakhstan
    June 24 2005

    CIS military exercise taking place in Russia

    DUSHANBE-ASTANA, June 24.KAZINFORM. - The first phase of CIS combined
    military exercises began at the Telemba firing range in the Chita
    region in southwestern Russia Friday.

    The exercise will last until July 10, Russian Defense Minister Sergei
    Ivanov told a press conference in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, following a
    meeting of the CIS Council of Defense Ministers, Kazinform quotes RIA
    Novosti.

    The Russian Air Force, the Baltic Fleet's anti-aircraft defense units
    and Belarus' anti-aircraft defense troops are taking part in the
    exercises.

    "The second phase will take place on Kazakhstan territory in
    Saryshagan, from August 5-12," Ivanov said.

    The second phase involves Kazakhstan's air force units and
    Kyrgyzstan's anti-aircraft units.

    The third phase will be held in Ashuluk, Russia's Astrakhan region on
    the Volga, from August 22-31. Field firing practice is scheduled for
    August 30.

    That phase is designed to train interaction between Armenia's
    anti-aircraft defense forces, Belarus' air force and anti-aircraft
    defense units, Russia's air forces, and Tajikistan's anti-aircraft
    defense forces. Kazakhstan's airborne defense forces officials will
    observe.

    Ivanov said the CIS defense ministers had discussed the idea behind
    the exercises at their meeting today.

    "The council approved the idea behind the exercises whose
    participants are expected to train using national forces and
    anti-aircraft defenses in the Eastern European, Caucasian and Central
    Asian regions of the collective security zone," Ivanov said.

    The council looked into the CIS Coordinating Committee on
    Anti-Aircraft Defense activities and outlined the major areas in
    which to develop the CIS' unified anti-aircraft defense system
    between 2006 and 2010.

    The defense ministers also discussed flight safety figures from 2004,
    decided on a schedule of joint events for 2006, approved documents on
    the international classification of the Armed Forces' supplies and
    approved a CIS organization to do research in military metrology and
    ensure metrological support.
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