Armenia will be joining the Russia-led joint strategic exercise West-2021, set to run from September 10 to 16, the Defense Ministry reports.

As envisaged by the plan of joint events of the Armenian-Russian bilateral cooperation for 2021, Armenian army subdivisions will leave for the Mulino military training ground of the Nizhny Novgorod region of Russia to prepare for the drills on Saturday, September 4.

The exercises will be held on the territories of Russia and Belarus.