Iran, Russia navies prepare for joint naval wargames in Caspian Sea

Baku. 7 January. REPORT.AZ/ Commander of Iranian Navy Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi announced that the naval forces of Iran and Russia have begun preparing for the tactical, relief and rescue and anti-piracy war games to be operated in the near future, Report informs citing Mehr.

"The cooperation between the naval forces of Iran and Russia, as well as the Caspian Sea region, has been strengthened in recent years," Khanzadi told Mehr News correspondant on Sunday.

He described the upcoming joint naval exercise of Iran and Russia as another field for expanding bilateral cooperation, saying the joint exercise between the two countries would certainly lead  eventually to strategic and tactical cooperation at a very high level at sea.