Defense Minister Agrees To Hold Joint Naval, Ground Drills With Russia

Russia and Italy have decided to hold joint naval and land drills next year, RIA Novosti reports.

The locations and time of the exercise will be announced later, said a Russian Defense Ministry spokeswoman on Friday.

An agreement to hold the drills was reached during the seventh round of Russian-Italian meetings in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, she said.

Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov and Italian Defense Minister Ignazio La Russa also discussed the drafting of...