“The sides discussed the current state of bilateral military cooperation, including the preparations for the joint Belarusian-Russian-Serbian exercise Slavic Brotherhood-2020 that will run on the territory of Belarus and the Kavkaz-2020 strategic command and staff drills (that will take place on the territory of Russia),” the press office said in a statement.

The Kavkaz-2020 (Caucasus-2020) command and staff drills will run in Russia’s south in September this year. There were plans to involve troops from six countries in the maneuvers, including member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO). However, India’s Defense Ministry announced in late August that its troops would not participate in the drills, citing the pandemic and related difficulties, including logistics issues…

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