MOSCOW, Sept. 16(Xinhua) -- There is no reason for India to be concerned about the forthcoming Russian-Pakistani joint military drills, an official from the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Friday.
"We were informed by the Russian Defense Ministry that these exercises will not be carried out in disputed areas, and a place was chosen that has nothing to do with this. Hence there is no reason for India to worry about it," Zamir Kabulov, director of the Second Asian Department of the Foreign Ministry told local media.
Russia had told India the regions where the exercises with Pakistan were going to take place, he added.
Pakistan and Russia will conduct the Druzhba-2016 tactical exercises on Sept. 24-Oct. 7 in the Army High Altitude School in northern Pakistan's Rattu and at a special forces training center in Cherat.
The exercises aim to strengthen and develop cooperation between the countries' armed forces, according to the Russian Foreign Ministry.
