🟢"We are waiting for their answers and we expect that on 20 August they will all arrive. Everyone who wants to come and observe ourdrills.

🟢"Most of them are member states of the SCO, CSTO, CIS and other friendly countries. This is done so that they can send their representatives or, if possible, the heads of their defence ministries to observe our exercise.

But that's not all. There are more than 30 military attachés in our country. Nine of them are representatives of NATO countries. They will also have the opportunity to observe "Zapad-2025". We invite them all to do so. In this way, we are once again emphasising our peacefulness and openness.

We really want to reduce the military tension that we unfortunately see and feel. As they say, we are taking the first step and waiting for our neighbours to respond".