(EFE).- The Minister of Defense of Venezuela, Vladimir Padrino, inaugurated this Monday the “Frontera Sniper” competition, which is part of some international military games organized by Russia and which has the Caribbean country, for the first time, as one of the their headquarters.
“We embrace all nations, their delegations, their representations that have come to Venezuela to compete fairly, within the framework of these international games,” said the military chief during the opening ceremony of the tournament in Lara state (west) .
He assured that, in addition to Venezuela, representatives from Russia, Burma, Belarus, Abkhazia, Uzbekistan, Bolivia, China, India, Pakistan, Nicaragua, Indonesia and Cuba will participate in the competition, countries where “imperialist aggressions against the peoples are daily condemned.” .
The Defense portfolio said that the competition, which will run until August 27, “brings together the best snipers in the world”, and “only soldiers who are experts in the art and precision of shooting with weapons participate”
The minister explained that this is the seventh edition of these games, in which Venezuela has participated since 2015.
The Defense ministry said that the competition, which will run until August 27, “brings together the best snipers in the world,” and “only soldiers who are experts in the art and precision of shooting with weapons participate.”
The so-called “Army Games” will include in Venezuela, in addition to the sniper contest, spaces that can be visited by those interested, among which are shooting ranges, obstacle courses and exhibitions of weapons and exercises typical of military life.
Russian President Vladimir Putin offered this Monday, at the opening of the “Armia-2022” forum on the outskirts of Moscow, to arm his allies in Latin America, Asia and Africa who do not submit to the dictates of the West with modern equipment. .
Putin greeted the foreign delegations attending Russia’s largest military fair, including the Venezuelan delegation, led by General Ricardo Ramos, Deputy Minister of Defense Education, who met with Alexandr Fomin, Russian Deputy Minister of Defense, who he praised the “relations between allies” with Caracas.
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