The joint Belarusian-Russian Military Training "West 2011" will take place in Nizhny Novgorod September 2011

Large-scale joint Belarusian-Russian military training "West 2011" will take place at the Training Ground in Mulino, Nizhny Novgorod Region, in September 2011. Sergei Yudin, the commander of 20th Army, Major-General, reported at a press conference on February 21.

Large-scale joint Belarusian-Russian military training "West 2011" will take place at the Training Ground in Mulino, Nizhny Novgorod Region, in September 2011. Sergei Yudin, the commander of 20th Army, Major-General, reported at a press conference on February 21.

According to him, the plan of training scenario is currently being developed. "It is planned that the participation in military exercises will take 5-6 thousand military men" - Major-General of the Russian army said.

During the training defense and offense actions will be work out, as well as a system of interaction of various forces.

The military training "West" is held every two years alternately on the territory of one of the countries. In 2009, the military training "West 2009" was held in the Republic of Belarus.