MOSCOW, July 28 (Xinhua) -- The upcoming military exercises of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member states will be a prototype of anti-terrorist operations, a deputy commander of Russia's Ground Forces said Saturday.
The SCO exercise, code-named Peace Mission-2007 is,
"in essence, a prototype of an anti-terrorist operation, the major task of which
is to neutralize resistance and destroy terrorists," Lieutenant-General Vladimir
Moltenskoy was quoted as saying by the Itar-Tass news agency.
"The maneuvers will be broadcast on television. A
documentary film will be made and used as a training aid for the Armed Forces of
the SCO member states," the Russian general said at the Cherbarkul training
area, near the southern Ural city of Chelyabinsk.
"The SCO military-political leadership will assess
the troops' actions during the exercise," Moltenskoy said.
"We shall teach leaders of the armed forces how to
act in the complex conditions where there is neither a front or a rear line," he
said earlier.
The general said preparations for the maneuvers were
complete. "The leadership of the Russian Defense Ministry worked here on
Thursday, checked the infrastructure of the area of the exercises and made a
conclusion about our preparedness for them," Moltenskoy said.
"China's army aviation group should arrive at the
Shagol airfield, near Chelyabinsk, today to take part in the SCO Peace
Mission-2007 exercise," Colonel Igor Konashenkov, deputy head of the Peace
Mission-2007 exercise, said earlier in the day.
The Peace Mission-2007 exercise will be held in the
territory of the Volga-Urals military district from Aug. 9-17 with the
participation of the Russian Armed Forces, units of the 34th motorized rifle
division, army and tactical aviation units of the 5th Army of the Air Forces and
Air Defense, units of Airborne Forces, Interior Forces, the Central Corrections
Department, Border Service and other departments.
The exercise will involve almost 6,000 servicemen,
including 2,000 from Russia, 1,600 from China, regiments from Kazakhstan and
Tajikistan, and separate special units from other SCO member states.
MANCHURI, July 28 (Xinhua)-- "Harasho (Good)!"
Chinese soldiers tried to greet Russian attendants, by spelling the first
Russian word they ever learned, after they took a Russian military train
particularly assigned to transport the Chinese troops to join in a joint
military exercise in Russia. Full story
URUMQI, July 28 (Xinhua) -- Chinese soldiers and
officers who are going to Russia for a joint military exercise with Russian
troops, are not only armed with military equipment, but also books like "Guide
for Troops to Join in Exercise in Russia" and "A Brief Introduction about
Russia".Full story
