Joint Algerian-Russian exercises to be held in the Mediterranean

A Russian frigate has arrived for an eight-day stay in North Africa

The Black Sea Fleet frigate Admiral Grigorovich has arrived in Algiers and will stay for eight days, the Telegram-channel Military Informant reported on Monday. 

Algeria and Russia are to hold joint naval exercises in the Mediterranean on December 8, with the aim of strengthening military cooperation between the countries, according to a statement from the Algerian Ministry of National Defense.