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Russian girls welcome the Chinese
People's Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers' arrival at a railway station in
Chelyabinsk of Russia on Aug. 3, 2007. The Chinese railage army to take
part in the joint anti-terrorism drill, "Peace Mission 2007", all arrived
in Russia on Friday. A total of 1,600 soldiers from China's army and air
force -- including airborne and logistic units -- will take part in the
joint anti-terrorism drill sponsored by the Shanghai Cooperation
Organization (SCO) from Aug. 9 to 17.(Xinhua Photo) Photo
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CHELYABINSK, Russia, Aug. 3 (Xinhua) -- A
planeload of Chinese troops for the anti-terrorism drills of the Shanghai
Cooperation Organization (SCO) arrived near the drill site on Friday, completing
the transfer of Chinese troops and armaments for the exercise.
The last trainload of Chinese servicemen arrived
earlier in the day at the Misyash railway station near the Ural Mountains city
of Chelyabinsk and will soon head to the Chebarkul drill site 75 km away, where
Chinese and Russian air squadrons will conduct a joint exercise on Monday.
Setting out on July 20 from northwest China's
Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, over 300 Chinese servicemen traveled over
10,000 kilometers in 15 days and transported more than 500 tons of military
hardware.
The exercises, dubbed "Peace Mission 2007" and
scheduled to run on Aug. 9-17, will be carried out first in Urumqi, capital of
China's Xinjiang region, and later move to Chelyabinsk.
The six member countries of the SCO -- China,
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan -- will all send
troops for the drills.
About 6,500 troops and 80 aircraft are expected to
take part in the drills, including 2,000 troops and 36 aircraft from Russia,
1,600 troops and 46 aircraft from China.
The exercise will help strengthen relations between
the militaries of SCO members and enhance cooperation in defense and security,
said Guo Boxiong, vice chairman of China's Central Military Commission.
The six SCO member countries held their first joint
anti-terrorism military drills in 2003. China and Russia conducted a joint
military exercise in 2005.
Chinese military helicopters gather in
Russian base for joint drill
CHELYABINSK, Russia, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) -- The second unit of Chinese army aviation
helicopters has arrived at Russia's Shagol airbase on Wednesday.
So far, all the Chinese military helicopters for the joint
military exercise have been deployed as scheduled.Full story
Chinese troops arrive at Russian
base for joint drill
MOSCOW, July 31 (Xinhua) -- The first batch of Chinese
troops arrived at a Russian military base on Tuesday for a joint anti-terrorism
drill sponsored by the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).
"Six Chinese military transport planes landed at the
Shagol airbase in the Chelyabinsk region on Tuesday, delivering 287 servicemen,
military equipment and supplies," Interfax and Itar-Tass quoted Assistant to the
Russian Exercise Coordinator Igor Konashenkov as saying.Full story
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