Joint exercises of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Belarus and Russia will be held in July in the Vitebsk region

June 29, Minsk / Vitaly Petrovich - BELTA /. Joint exercises of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Belarus and Russia will be held in July in the Vitebsk region. This was announced today during a bilateral meeting at the Command and Engineering Institute of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Belarus by the Minister of Civil Defense, Emergencies and Disaster Relief of Russia Vladimir Puchkov, BELTA correspondent reports. During the exercises, it is planned to work out the entire list of tasks for eliminating various types of emergencies, including those related to oil and gas system accidents. Vladimir Puchkov noted that the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia will send its aviation, rescue, medical and other services to participate in the exercises. Vladimir Puchkov, heading the Russian delegation, arrived in Minsk today on an official visit, during which bilateral negotiations were held with the leadership of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Belarus. -0-