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Intermediate mountain military exercise kicks off in northern Georgia

Xinhua, January 18, 2017 Adjust font size:

A 25-day intermediate mountain military exercise was launched in the military educational facility of Sachkhere in northern Georgia on Tuesday, according to the Georgian Defense Ministry.

The exercise conducts within the frames of NATO Partnership for Peace Program, said the Georgian Defense Ministry in a statement.

Together with the Georgian military, the servicemen from NATO member and partner countries including France, Lithuania and Armenia will take part in it.

According to the Ministry, the exercise was planned in two phases. At the first stage the servicemen will improve the skills of shooting from service guns across the mountain terrain at Orfolo firing ground. During the second phase, they will leave for Gudauri where they have to move in snow with skis, to arrange snow shelters, to search and evacuate the people affected by avalanche.

The Sachkhere military educational facility was founded in 2004. In 2010 the facility was granted the status of NATO educational and training center within the frame of "Partnership for Peace." Enditem