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By Rashid Shirinov

A small missile ship Grad Sviyazhsk and a rescue tugboat SB-45 of the Caspian Flotilla of the Russian Navy arrived in Baku, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry reported on July 23.

The crew of the vessels will take part in the international competition Sea Cup-2017 to be held in the territorial waters of Azerbaijan in the Caspian Sea.

Alongside Russia, warships of Azerbaijan, Iran and Kazakhstan will participate in the competitions, which will be held on August 1-11. Missile boats Paykan and Joshan of the Iranian Navy, and the Kazakh rocket-artillery ships Kazakhstan, Sary-Arka and the hydrographic vessel Zhaik docked at the Baku port a day earlier, on July 22.

The Sea Cup is held in the framework of the International Army Games. The competition has become the modern form of military training. Last year, Azerbaijan successfully performed in the Army Games held in Russia.

Participating in the contests Tank biathlon and Caspian Cup of the international military competition, representatives of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces became the winners of the various stages in both categories and represented the country at the highest level. Azerbaijani military seamen ranked second at the Caspian Cup 2016 and were awarded with special medals.

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Rashid Shirinov is AzerNews’ staff journalist, follow him on Twitter: @RashidShirinov

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