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• Montana National Guard Hosts Regional Cooperation Exercise Army News 14 Aug 2023 -- The Montana National Guard is hosting Regional Cooperation 23, a U.S. Central Command-sponsored exercise for military personnel from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, and the Arizona, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Montana and Virginia National Guard.
• CENTCOM's Regional Cooperation 23 underway in Montana CENTCOM 14 Aug 2023 -- Exercise Regional Cooperation 23, an annual U.S. Central Command-sponsored exercise, is underway in Helena, Montana. The exercise, this year hosted by the Montana National Guard at the Helena Aviation Readiness Center, kicked off Aug. 8, 2023, and brings together military personnel from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, as well as U.S. personnel from across the nation, including Soldiers and Airmen from the Arizona, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Montana and Virginia National Guard.
• USS Porter Rescues Four Divers off North Carolina Coast During Large Scale Exercise '23 US Navy 14 Aug 2023 -- Guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) rescued four scuba divers who were separated from the pleasure craft Big Bill's and had not resurfaced on Aug. 13.
• U.S. Naval Base Guam to Participate in Exercise Citadel Pacific 2023 US Navy 14 Aug 2023 -- U.S. Naval Base Guam (NBG) will participate in the annual Commander, Naval Installations Command (CNIC) force protection exercise Citadel Pacific 2023 (CP23) Aug. 21-25.
• The Republic of Korea and United States announce exercise Ulchi Freedom Shield 23 US Navy Press Release 14 Aug 2023 -- The ROK and U.S. will conduct Ulchi Freedom Shield (UFS), an 11-day, joint, combined, and interagency exercise event from Aug. 21 to 31, 2023.
• Chief of Joint Staff of Collective Security Treaty Organisation takes part in ARMY 2023 International Military-Technical Forum's events Russia MoD 14 Aug 2023 -- On 14 August, the chief of Joint Staff of CSTO Colonel General Anatoly Sidorov took part in the events of the scientific and business program of the ARMY 2023 International Military-Technical Forum, which was held at the leading exhibition venue of the Russian Defence Ministry – Patriot Exhibition and Convention Centre.
• Deputy Minister of Defence of Russian Federation Colonel General Aleksandr Fomin holds negotiations with Chief of General Staff of Armed Forces of Republic of Djibouti. Russia MoD 14 Aug 2023 -- On the ARMY 2023 International Military-Technical Forum Deputy Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation Colonel General Aleksandr Fomin discussed the development of bilateral military relations with the Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Djibouti Divisional General Zakaria Cheikh Ibrahim.
• Long-Range Aviation aircraft perform scheduled flights in airspace over neutral waters of Baltic, Barents, Norwegian, East Siberian, Chukchi, Beaufort seas and Arctic Ocean Russia MoD 14 Aug 2023 -- Long-Range Aviation aircraft performed scheduled flights in airspace over neutral waters of Baltic, Barents, Norwegian, East Siberian, Chukchi, Beaufort seas and Arctic Ocean
• Deputy Minister of Defence of Russia Aleksandr Fomin discusses issues of military cooperation with delegation of Bangladesh. Russia MoD 14 Aug 2023 -- On the ARMY 2023 International Military-Technical Forum Deputy Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation Colonel General Aleksandr Fomin held working meeting with National Security Adviser to the Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Bangladesh Major General (retired) Tarique Ahmed Siddique.
• Statement by Russian Defence Ministry Russia MoD 14 Aug 2023 -- On 14 August 2023, an air target approaching the State border of the Russian Federation over the Barents Sea was detected by Russian airspace control facilities.
• Russian Deputy Defence Minister Aleksandr Fomin holds talks with colleague from Laos at ARMY 2023 Forum Russia MoD 14 Aug 2023 -- Deputy Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation Colonel General Aleksandr Fomin held talks with the Deputy Minister of Defence of the Lao People's Democratic Republic Lieutenant General Tianthong Sontaat during the ARMY 2023 Forum.
• Russian Minister of Defence General of the Army Sergei Shoigu inaugurates 9th ARMY 2023 International Military-Technical Forum Russia MoD 14 Aug 2023 -- Russian Minister of Defence General of the Army Sergei Shoigu has opened the 9th ARMY 2023 International Military-Technical Forum and addressed participants of event with welcoming speech in the Patriot Military Park.
• Russian Deputy Defence Minister Aleksandr Fomin discusses prospects for military cooperation with Cambodian delegation Russia MoD 14 Aug 2023 -- Deputy Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation Colonel General Aleksandr Fomin, during a working meeting on the ARMY 2023 Forum with the Secretary of State of the Ministry of National Defence of the Kingdom of Cambodia General Yun Min discussed the prospects for cooperation between the defence departments of the two countries.
• ARMY 2023 IMTF: Experts to draw up recommendations for developing automation systems for modern naval ships taking into account import substitution Russia MoD 14 Aug 2023 -- Experts are going to develop prospective recommendations for the development of ship control systems using domestic software advances during the thematic roundtable that is to be held as part of the ARMY 2023 International Military-Technical Forum.
• Russian Minister of Defence meets with his Belarusian counterpart at ARMY 2023 IMTF Russia MoD 14 Aug 2023 -- Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu held talks with his Belarusian counterpart Lieutenant General Viktor Khrenin at the ARMY 2023 International Military-Technical Forum.
• Russian Deputy Defence Minister Aleksandr Fomin discusses military cooperation with his Pakistani counterpart Russia MoD 14 Aug 2023 -- Russian Deputy Defence Minister Colonel General Aleksandr Fomin held a meeting with First Deputy Defence Minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan Lieutenant General (retired) Hamood uz Zaman Khan during the ARMY 2023 Forum.
• Northern Fleet's detachment put to sea in Arctic Ocean Russia MoD 14 Aug 2023 -- Within the framework of the command post exercise of the Northern Fleet, the Arctic expeditionary detachment of the Fleet comprising the large anti-submarine ship Vice-Admiral Kulakov, the large landing ship Aleksandr Otrakovsky, the rescue tugboat Altai, and the tanker Sergei Osipov put to sea in the Arctic Ocean and the areas of the Northern Sea Route.
• Philippine and Australian forces embark Australia DOD 14 Aug 2023 -- Personnel from Philippine and Australian forces have embarked HMAS Canberra in Darwin in preparation for Exercise Alon, which is being conducted for the first time.
• Royal Canadian Navy ships deploy to Indo-Pacific Region Canada 14 Aug 2023-- Today, His Majesty's Canadian Ships (HMCS) Ottawa and Vancouver, alongside Naval Replenishment Unit Motor Vessel (MV) Asterix, departed from Esquimalt for the Indo-Pacific Region.

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• 14 August 2023 - Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General United Nations 14 Aug 2023
• No: 198, 14 August 2023, Press Release Regarding the Situation on the Lachin Road Republic of Turkey Ministry of Foreign Affairs 14 Aug 2023

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• Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin's Regular Press Conference on August 14, 2023 PRC MofA 14 Aug 2023
• PLA activities in the waters and airspace around Taiwan Aug.14, 2023 ROC MND 14 Aug 2023
• Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Inspects Major Munitions Factories KCNA 14 Aug 2023 -- Kim Jong Un , general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, gave field guidance to major munitions factories, including a factory producing tactical missiles, on August 11 and 12 to learn about the munitions production.
• Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Inspects Typhoon-hit Areas in Anbyon County of Kangwon Province KCNA 14 Aug 2023 -- Kim Jong Un , general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, inspected the typhoon-hit areas in Ogye-ri, Anbyon County of Kangwon Province and guided the recovery work.