Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, September 24 (Reporters Mei Shixiong and Mei Changwei) Tan Kefei, deputy director of the Information Bureau of the Ministry of National Defense and spokesperson of the Ministry of National Defense, stated at a regular press conference of the Ministry of National Defense on the 24th that the "Caucasus-2020" strategic exercise The actual combat exercise will be held on the 25th at the Kapustin Yar shooting range in Astrakhan, Russia.
Tan Kefei said that according to the consensus reached between China and Russia, the Chinese participating troops arrived in Russia in mid-September. The participating troops are mainly in the western theater. They have completed transnational long-range fixed-point projection, command organization establishment, combat training, and joint campaigns. Planning and other tasks.
Tan Kefei said that the exercise strengthened the ability of the multinational forces to jointly respond to security threats and jointly maintain regional peace and stability, and promote the further development of the comprehensive strategic partnership of cooperation between China and Russia in the new era.