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On Sunday, the Turkish newspaper Hurriyet published video clips of Egyptian warships crossing the Bosphorus Strait in Turkey.
The footage documented the scene of ships carrying the Egyptian flag crossing the famous sea passage, on their way to the Black Sea to carry out a joint maneuver with the Russian fleet.
As reported by Reuters, the guided missile frigate “Alexandria”, the corvette “Al Fateh” and the attack missile launcher “Mahmoud Fahmy” crossed the Bosphorus.
The agency published photographs, taken from Istanbul, of Egyptian warships as they crossed the strait in the famous city that spans the continents of Asia and Europe.
The naval forces of Egypt and Russia are conducting joint exercises in the Black Sea until the end of this year, according to a statement from the press office of the Russian Black Sea Fleet.
“In Novorossiysk, the delegations of the Russian Navy and the Egyptian Navy held a three-day conference on the preparation and conduct of the joint Friendship Bridge -2020 exercise,” the state news agency TASS was quoted as saying by the press office.
The statement added that the two countries will draw up a “plan for the exercises to be carried out in the Black Sea for the first time.”
During the exercises, the warships of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Navy and the Egyptian Navy, with the support of aircraft, will train to defend the sea lanes against various threats.
Forces will be deployed to organize communications and resupply at sea, and participants in the exercises will conduct searches for suspicious ships.
The press office indicated that the Russian and Egyptian sailors will exercise measures under the command of the joint training headquarters to organize all kinds of protection and defense at sea and carry out the launching of missiles and artillery using onboard weapons.
The office added that “the exercises aim to strengthen and develop military cooperation between Egyptian and Russian naval forces to serve security and stability at sea, and exchange experiences between individuals in order to thwart various threats on heavy shipping lanes. “.
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