The launch of the Armia Forum 2021 and the International Military Games in Moscow

On August 23rd, the International Military-Technical Forum (Armia 2021) kicked off in the city of Kubinka, on the outskirts of the Russian capital, Moscow, with wide international participation. 

Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a speech during the opening ceremonythat the forum will enable Russian and foreign experts from about 100 countries in the world to get acquainted with the latest developments in the defense industries and discuss prospects for deepening military-technical relations. 

Putin said: “Russia has something to be proud of and  it offers it to its allies and partners.”

Putin noted that the proportion of modern weapons in Russia’s strategic nuclear forces exceeded 80 percent, and that many Russian weapons have no alternatives in the world in terms of their properties. 

Putin pointed out that there is a great demand for Russian weapons in world markets, and today they reliably protect the security of many countries. 

The seventh session of the International Military Games (Armia 2021) was officially inaugurated at the cultural training complex of the Russian Ministry of Defense called Patriot Park in Alabino Square in the outskirts of Moscow, with the participation of the Syrian Arab Army team. 

Military matches and competitions will continue until the fourth of next September, in which 275 military teams from more than forty countries from Europe, Asia, America and Africa will compete in 34 different military competitions. 

Teams from the Syrian Arab Army are participating in the tank biathlon competition and the Army’s cultural arts competition, which are held in the outskirts of Moscow, the diving competition in Iran and the artillery champions competition in Kazakhstan. 

The tank biathlon race is one of the most important military games competitions and is divided into two stages, the individual race and the relay race, in which the competitors must pass the competition track, which is encountered by various obstacles and obstacles. 

The participating teams were divided into two groups, and the Syrian Arab Army team entered the first group along with the teams of Russia, China, Belarus, Vietnam, Venezuela, Kazakhstan, Serbia, Uzbekistan, Mongolia and Azerbaijan. 

The Syrian Arab Army team is playing its first match in the tank biathlon framework after the official opening of the games with the teams of Vietnam, Venezuela and Mongolia, and according to the best results of the individual race, 12 teams will be determined to participate in the semi-finals, of which 4 teams will participate in the final round of the relay race on the fourth of next September. 

Inas Abdulkareem