News - US joint exercise in Armenia to end on Wednesday as planned

US soldiers will complete joint exercises with the Armenian military in Armenia on Wednesday, as planned. The joint exercises were not affected by the launch of a major military operation by neighbouring Azerbaijan in Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh), Reuters reports, citing a US military spokesperson. According to the spokesperson, there had been no change to the 10-day Eagle Partner 2023 exercise involving 85 US soldiers and 175 Armenians, despite Azerbaijan's launch of what it called an "anti-terrorist" operation in the Nagorno-Karabakh region on Tuesday. "We were aware that they (Azerbaijan) were conducting operations but we didn't assess there to be any risk to our soldiers at the time and so they remained for the duration of the exercise," the spokesperson said.