No plans to move Russian troops from Syria to Egypt -Lavrov

Russia has no plans for any “permanent relocations” of troops to Egypt from the Hmeymim base in Syria, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said, according to Pravda. The recently-signed aerospace agreement between Egypt and Russia “reflects the partnership nature of our relationship - these are reciprocal military measures of most favored treatment,” Lavrov explained. “Our military-technical cooperation in the form of supplies of necessary equipment and weapons for the anti-terrorist operation has been developing very actively, we have close ties between the military, we conduct joint military exercises, and this helps us exchange experiences, taking into account the experience in the fight against terrorism that we have gained in Syria,” he added.