Russian President Vladimir Putin extends greetings to organizers, participants and guests of International Military-Technical Forum ARMY-2017 on August 22, 2017. (Kremlin Photo)

MOSCOW, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- Russia has signed military cooperation agreements respectively with Nigeria and Niger, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday in separate statements.

The Russia-Nigeria deal allows Nigerian servicemen to be trained in Russia's military educational establishments, it said.

According to Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, the two countries will pay special attention to joint training of troops, exchange of peacekeeping experience, and fighting against piracy and terrorism.

The Russia-Niger agreement "will promote further improvement of cooperation and strengthen the two militaries in the fight against international terrorism," said the Russian Defense Ministry.

Shoigu held separate talks with his counterparts from the two African countries on the sidelines of the Army 2017 International Military-Technical Forum that kicked off Tuesday outside Moscow.