“In August in the Ryazan region the fourth joint exercise with the units of the Armed Forces of the Arab Republic of Egypt“ Defenders of Friendship ”will take place. The Belarusian military will also be involved in this exercise, ”RIA Novosti quotes Shoigu as saying.

Shoigu also reminded that these days the airborne tactical group is taking part in the annual joint exercise "Slavic Brotherhood" in Serbia.

Earlier it was reported that paratroopers from Russia, Belarus and Serbia at the test site near Belgrade had worked out the issues of blocking and seizing the base of illegal armed groups.