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NATO tanks to arrive in Riga for Saber Strike drill

Xinhua, June 4, 2016 Adjust font size:

NATO' s military equipment, including Abrams tanks, are expected to arrive in Riga on Saturday for a training exercise, the Latvian Defense Ministry said.

Convoys of allied military equipment will move from the port of Riga to a military training area in Adazi, outside Riga, to take part in Saber Strike military exercise, the ministry said.

Saber Strike is an annual U.S.-led exercise of land and air forces.

Saber Knight staff exercise, which has been integrated with Saber Strike, has already been held in Estonia, while the joint tactical field exercise is scheduled to take place in all three Baltic states -- Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia -- on June 11-21. Endit