MOSCOW (RIA Novosti) — Tajikistan, along with Afghanistan, Mongolia, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan have decided to send their representatives to the United States to participate in the exercises “Regional Cooperation-2018”, which will be held at the US military base Edwards in Massachusetts..

“The exercises will be held until September 21, more than 200 servicemen from different countries will take part in the event, RIA Novosti reports, citing the US Central Command reported.

It is anticipated that “the multinational team will develop a combined military response to several exercise scenarios to promote cooperation and interoperability.”

According to the plan of the exercises, the participants of the manoeuvres will focus on operations for ensuring stability, border security, combating terrorism, combating drugs and countering the proliferation of banned materials and technologies.