“On the sidelines of the ceremony as part of the provision of military-technical assistance, the Lao side was handed over the next batch of Russian military equipment - T-72 tanks and BRDM-2M armored vehicles, as well as the Thongkhaihin airfield, modernized by Russian specialists, located in Xiangkhuang province,” RIA Novosti reports message of the Russian Ministry of Defense.
On January 20-21, a delegation of the Russian Ministry of Defense took part in celebrations dedicated to the 71st anniversary of the founding of the People’s Army of Laos.
Earlier it was reported that Russian sappers in the first week of humanitarian demining discovered 37 explosive ordnance and ammunition in the vicinity of the city of Phon Sawang, Sienghuang province in Laos.