Lohur, April 5, Asia-Plus - A three-day Tajik-Russian joint military exercise conducted at the Lohur training ground is ending today.

President Emomali Rahmonov and Defense Minister Sherali Khairulloyev today arrived in Lohur to observe the final stage of the ongoing war game. 

As it had been reported earlier, the military exercise with practice shoot began at the Lohur training ground in Tajikistan , some 30 kilometers southwest of Dushanbe , on April 3.  Colonel Aleksey Zavizyon, commander of the Russian military base in Tajikistan , is in overall command of the exercise, which has involved more than 800 Russian and Tajik troops, tanks, artillery and helicopters.

The purpose of the drill is in improving combat coordination and sharpening anti-terror skills. 

The exercise scenario is based on an armed group of international terrorists infiltrating into territory of Tajikistan .  Sub-units of the Russian military base in Tajikistan and Tajik Ministry of Defense (MoD) have warded off the attack, using anti-aircraft units for shooting down terrorists’ helicopters and missile launchers for destroying terrorists’ column.