The agreement was reached during a meeting between Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and his Egyptian counterpart Sedki Sobhi in Moscow.
"The sides agreed… to hold naval exercises in the Mediterranean and an anti-terrorism exercises involving rapid-response forces," a defense ministry spokesman told RIA Novosti.
In addition, Shoigu called on his Egyptian colleague to send the Egyptian military to take part in the international Army 2015 military-technical forum in Russia.
Sobhi arrived on an official visit to Russia on February 28, and is set to hold a second meeting with his Russian counterpart on March 4.
According to Russia’s Federal Service of Military-Technical Cooperation, Russia and Egypt initialed $3.5 billion worth of arms contracts as of September last year, including on the supply of small arms, artillery and air defense systems.
