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Russia-Egypt: Three-day joint naval exercise in the Mediterranean

The start of three-day joint exercises of the Russian Black Sea Fleet and the Egyptian Navy in the Mediterranean was announced by the Fleet Information Department, based in Sevastopol, Crimea.

“The crews of the ships of the Russian Black Sea Fleet and the Navy of the Arab Republic of Egypt have started the three-day naval stage of the joint naval exercises” Friendship Bridge-2021 “in the Mediterranean basin,” the statement said.

The exercise involves the Russian frigate “Admiral Grigorovich” with the Ka-27PS helicopter, which carries the patrol boat “Dmitry Rogatsov” and the rescue tug SB-742 and from the Egyptian side a frigate and two frigates, two frigates .

In the naval phase of the exercise, the sailors are announced to cooperate in providing assistance to a ship, which in its scenario is facing an accident, will repel surface boat attacks and will carry out raids on “suspicious ships”.

The Russian-Egyptian “Bridge of Friendship” exercises have been taking place since 2015 and last time, last year, they were held in the Black Sea.

Source: AMPE

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Source From: Capital

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