Turkey and another three member-countries of NATO have delegated their observers to the 2019 International Army Games, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said.
"The Greek team will participate in the contest on the full-scale basis," he noted "Four NATO countries - France, the United States, Slovakia and Turkey - have delegated their observers," TASS cited the Russian Defense Minister as saying.
Shoigu recalled that this year the Army Games will bring together 221 teams from 37 countries, with seven of them participating in the contest for the first time.
The International Army Games will be held on August 3-17, 2019. A total of 32 contests will take place in ten countries - Russia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Iran, India, China, Kazakhstan, Mongolia and Uzbekistan. More than 5,000 troops will participate.