Abkhaz army holding mobilization exercise near Sukhumi

SUKHUMI. March 17 (Interfax-AVN) - Abkhaz reserves started a command post mobilization exercise in Abkhazia last Tuesday.

"The planned exercise will involve a total of around 1,000 people," Gen. Anatoly Zaitsev, chief of the Abkhaz Armed Force General Staff told Interfax.

On March 17, forces will practice live firing at a training site in Esher, the Sukhumi district.

"The mobilization exercise will end with radio drills on March 19," Zaitsev said.