Russia and Nicaragua signed an agreement concerning military and technical cooperation

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Russia and Nicaragua signed an agreement concerning military and technical cooperation.
In the course of his visit to Nicaragua Russian Defence Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu signed intergovernmental agreement concerning facilitated enter of the ships of the Russian Navy to the Nicaraguan ports. He also signed a set of other agreements in the field of military and technical cooperation
     
In the course of his visit to Nicaragua Russian Defence Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu signed intergovernmental agreement concerning facilitated enter of the ships of the Russian Navy to the Nicaraguan ports. He also signed a set of other agreements in the field of military and technical cooperation Russian Defence Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu during its visit to Nicaragua.
     
The agreement facilitating visits of Russian warships to Nicaraguan ports will broaden the range of bilateral naval contacts, the minister said, adding that the other accords were related to military-technological cooperation projects.

He mentioned an extensive military education program, which is set to enlarge the number of Nicaraguan servicemen attending Russian military schools.

There will be an international security conference and a military-technological forum tasked to demonstrate prospective military and dual-use products in April, he said.

"We have invited our Nicaraguan colleagues to participate. Hopefully, these events will bolster our military-technological contacts," Shoigu noted.

As to the joint efforts of Russia and Nicaragua in the crackdown on drug trafficking, Shoigu said that was a global problem and countries had to deal with it together.