COOPERATIVE LONGBOW/LANCER EXERCISE PLANNING CONFERENCE KICKS OFF IN YEREVAN
PanARMENIAN.Net
14.05.2008 12:57 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Cooperative Longbow/Lancer NATO exercise planning
conference kicked off in Yerevan on May 14, with opening remarks
by deputy chief of the RA armed forces general staff, major general
Arshaluys Paytyan and chief of staff of the NATO Heidelberg united
forces, brigadier general Claudio Vercelotti.
The conference brought together 110 servicemen of 30 nationalities. 37
of them represent the Alliance’s command and 63 represent 21 countries
willing to join the exercise.
The conference will focus on the exercise planning, coordination of
legal issues and the schedule of events.
350 officers, master sergeants and sergeants will participate in
Cooperative Lancer 2008. 800 servicemen will be engaged in Cooperative
Longbow 2008.
The exercise will be conducted in three stages, during which joint
activities of the peacekeeping forces will be perfected.