DUSHANBE, September 27, 2011, Asia-Plus — Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan have signed the plan of bilateral military cooperation for 2012.
Faridoun Mahmadaliyev, a spokesman for the Ministry of Defense (MoD) of Tajikistan, says the document was inked by Lieutenant-General Ramil Nadyrov, the First Deputy Minister of Defense of Tajikistan also Chief of the General Staff of Tajikistan’s Armed Forces, and Colonel Taalaybek Omuraliyev, the First Deputy Minister of Defense of Kyrgyzstan, in the Tajik eastern Jirgatol district today morning on the sidelines of the ongoing joint military exercise.
Commander of the Mobile Forces of the Armed Forces of Tajikistan, Major-General Latif Fayziyev, is in overall command of the ongoing war game.
A joint military exercise for subunits of the armed forces of Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan as well as special police unit of Tajikistan was launched in the Tajik eastern Jirgatol district, Rasht Valley yesterday.
The exercise scenario is based on surrounding a group of international terrorists in one of mountain gorges in Jirgatol on the Tajik-Kyrgyz border. Another large group of international terrorists attempts to penetrate into Tajikistan from neighboring country to help the surrounded terrorists. Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan launch a joint operation to annihilate the terrorists.
The exercise that has involved more than 600 servicemen of the mobile, land and border forces of the Tajik MoD and special police unit of the Interior Ministry’s office for Rasht Valley as well as the operational group of Kyrgyzstan’s Ministry of Defense along with armored vehicles and combat helicopters is closing today with a final phase featuring live-fire missions.
Tajik Defense Minister, Colonel-General Sherali Khairulloyev, arrived in Jirgatol today morning to give souvenirs to the most active participants of the military exercise, the spokesman added.
