MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The AIG international Airborne Platoon contest is taking place on August 3-12 in southern Russia. Troops from Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus, China, Iran, Egypt and Venezuela are taking part in the competition.
"Russian paratroopers held a display of the marching and firing capabilities of the latest military equipment models currently in service with Russia's airborne troops… A special interest was shown by Iranian and Egyptian representatives, which have repeatedly commented on the excellent quality and reliability of Russian military equipment during the contest," a ministry spokesman said.
Russia is currently hosting the IAG, which started on July 30. The event features competitions in 23 disciplines. A total of 121 teams from 19 countries from across the world are taking part in the IAG which are being monitored by observers from 11 countries.
