China News Agency, Orenburg, Russia, September 11 (Reporter Li Chun) The Chinese participating troops who went to Russia to participate in the "Peace Mission-2021" SCO member states' joint counter-terrorism military exercise have all arrived at the "Donggu" in Orenburg Oblast. Here is the area of the shooting range exercise.
In an interview with a reporter from China News Agency on the 11th, Han Chengyu, the deputy director of the Chinese Directors Department, said that the joint performance aims to demonstrate the will of the member states to jointly maintain regional security and stability.
The exercise will be held at the "Dongguz" shooting range in Orenburg Oblast, Russia from September 11 to 25. There will be 8 missions from China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, India, Pakistan, and Uzbekistan. The member states of the Cooperation Organization participated in the exercise, with a total strength of about 4,000.
Among them, the Chinese participating troops dispatched more than 550 people and dispatched 130 vehicles (equipment).
Han Chengyu said that the joint exercise is a routine exercise within the framework of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.
The joint exercise is to deepen defense and security cooperation among member states, improve the ability to respond to new challenges and threats, and jointly maintain regional peace and security.
It is also understood that in terms of epidemic prevention and control, the Chinese participating troops have taken necessary measures and assigned experienced epidemic prevention personnel. All participating personnel and equipment have been sent across countries and remotely designated locations to minimize the risk of the epidemic and accumulate the epidemic at the same time. Experience in performing combat missions under conditions.
The "Peace Mission-2021" joint exercise takes "SCO member states’ forces preparing and implementing joint counter-terrorism operations" as the subject. The exercise subjects mainly include reconnaissance and surveillance, fire strikes, peripheral containment and control, block extraction, as well as forward defense, ground Assault, divide, encircle and wipe out the remaining enemies, resist drone attacks, etc.
Han Chengyu pointed out that the setting of these courses is in line with the theme of the joint performance and is also consistent with the key content of the SCO’s security cooperation.
In the preliminary preparations, the Chinese participating troops carried out exercise planning based on actual combat requirements, strengthened targeted training in command operations, counter-terrorism capabilities, and support and support, and specified training content and capability indicators.
Security cooperation is a key area of cooperation for the SCO. The core is to combat the "three forces" of terrorism, separatism, and extremism.
In recent years, the Chinese military has repeatedly gone abroad to participate in bilateral and multilateral joint exercises within the framework of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.
Han Chengyu said that similar normalized joint exercises have become an important part of the in-depth exchanges and cooperation among SCO member states, which will help deepen strategic mutual trust and traditional friendship, expand military mutual trust and in-depth cooperation, and also help maintain regional cooperation. Peace and stability.
Han Chengyu also pointed out that the Chinese military has always attached great importance to strengthening cooperation with neighboring countries in the field of military security.
The "Peace Mission-2021" SCO joint counter-terrorism military exercise aims to demonstrate the will of member states to jointly maintain regional security and stability, promote common development and prosperity, and their firm determination and ability to combat the "three forces", reflecting the defense of member states The level of cooperation in the security field.
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