Russia’s supreme military leaders to discuss army development plans

MOSCOW. Nov 13 (Interfax-AVN) - Russia's supreme military leaders and the country's top officials will gather for a training session at the Defense Ministry from Tuesday to Thursday, the ministry's PR department reported.

Participants in the session will sum up combat training results in the army and navy in the 2006 academic year and will set priorities in Armed Forces development for 2007, the department told Interfax-AVN.

They will discuss arrangement of routine activity, mobilization and combat training, improvement of law, order and military discipline, it said.

The session will involve commanders of arms of service, military branches, military districts and fleets, chiefs of the ministry's directorates and central departments. Representatives of the Russian government, Federal Assembly and presidential administration are also invited to the event.

Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov will deliver the main report. He will supervise the three-day session.