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Medvedev's Opening remarks at the meeting with Armed Forces commanders
November 25, 2010 (KATAKAMI / KREMLIN.RU) --- The ongoing reforms of the Armed Forces have already lead to their better equipment and improvement in social guarantees for servicemen, despite certain problems, the Commander-in-Chief said at a meeting with participants in the assembly of Armed Forces commanders.
From 2010 to 2020, the annual volume of defence allocations will remain at 2.8 percent of GDP thus allowing to equip the military units with new technology in accordance with the State Arms Procurement Programme and to end the involvement of the servicemen with non-professional activities. The Armed Forces should focus exclusively on operational and combat training.
Earlier in the day, the Commander-in-Chief watched the exercises of land forces at the Gorokhovetsky military training ground in the Nizhny Novgorod Region. Dmitry Medvedev was also shown military and special equipment, and inspected an autonomous field camp.
In addition, the President held a meeting with the Defence Ministry’s senior officials. (*)