U.S. military convoy enters Czech Republic for exercise in Baltics
Xinhua, May 28, 2016 Adjust font size:
The U.S. military convoy heading for the Saber Strike exercise in the Baltics entered the Czech Republic on Friday, officials said.
Consists of some 420 troops and 225 pieces of military equipment, the convoy will be crossing the country until Monday, said Czech Defence Ministry's spokesman Petr Medek.
The American troops drove from a military base in Vilseck, Bavaria and will spend Friday night in the Ruzyne military barracks in Prague.
The first part of the convoy, accompanied by the Czech police, entered the Waidhaus-Rozvadov border crossing, west Bohemia, at 11:00 a.m. local time on Friday. The convoy was divided into nine sections with at least 30-minute intervals between them for security reasons and not to block traffic.
The convoy will move to Moravia, the eastern part of the country on Sunday, and spend two nights in Vyskov and Praslavice, before leaving the Czech territory on Monday.
Stropnicky said that the crossing of convoy is important both politically and in terms of cooperation between NATO member countries.
The U.S. army convoy drove through the Czech territory twice in 2015. Endit