Medal "For Strengthening Military Cooperation" | |
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Type | Military decoration |
Awarded for | Merit in strengthening military cooperation |
Presented by | Soviet Union |
Eligibility | Citizens of the Soviet Union and other socialist states |
Status | No longer awarded |
Established | May 25, 1979 |
The Medal "For Strengthening Military Cooperation" (Russian: Медаль «За укрепление боевого содружества») was a military award of the Soviet Union established on May 25, 1979, by Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet.[1] Its statute was later confirmed and slightly amended by Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet No. 2523-X of July 18, 1980.[2] It was bestowed to recognise outstanding cooperation between the different services and the different armed forces of the various Warsaw Pact countries or of any other friendly socialist state.