Egypt’s military will complete the final stage of its “Qader 2020” military exercise in the coming days, a statement by the armed forces read on Friday.

According to the statement, formations and units of the armed forces’ ground, navel, air, air defence and special forces, and commandos, are carrying out a number of training activities in all strategic directions in the Mediterranean and Red Sea.

The forces will carry out live shooting range exercises of various weaponry by naval, air, ground and air defence forces, proving the armed forces’ capability to secure national interests and deal with all hostilities in strategic directions simultaneously.

Qader 2020 comes as an affirmation on the Egyptian armed forces’ strength and readiness to secure the nation’s capabilities and wealth, where the capabilities of the armed forces saw remarkable development in the past five years, the statement concluded.