MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The crew of the Russian Navy's Vice-Admiral Kulakov, an Udaloy-class destroyer, has commenced the Arabian monsoon-2015 anti-drug joint exercises with Pakistan in the Arabian Sea, the Russian Defense Ministry’s Northern Fleet spokesman Vadim Serga said Tuesday.
"Besides Russian sailors, Russia's Federal Drug Control Service and the special forces, ships and helicopters of the Pakistan Navy are taking part in the exercises in the north of the Arabian Sea," the spokesman said.
Russian sailors practiced cooperation with Pakistan's special forces, in particular, a rapid response team was transported to the warship by a Pakistani helicopter.
Besides, a Ka-27 Russian naval helicopter and a Pakistani Harbin Z-9EC helicopter practiced a search scenario of a vessel suspected of illicit drug trafficking.
