Russia, Pakistan to participate in Arabian Monsoon 2017 counter-drugs drill - Shoigu

MOSCOW. April 26 (Interfax) - Joint counter-drugs drills and reciprocal ship calls will be included in an extensive program of the Russian-Pakistani military cooperation, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said at a meeting with his Pakistani counterpart Khawaja Asif at the 6th Moscow Conference on International Security on Wednesday.

"Our ministries have an intense program of joint events this year. Those are participation in the Arabian Monsoon 2017 counter-drugs drill, exchange visits of the armed forces command and reciprocal ship calls of Russian and Pakistani naval forces," the Russian minister said.