China, Russia to hold joint war games in August 2005
Source: Reuters
BEIJING, Aug 2 (Reuters) - China and Russia will hold their first joint military exercises in August, involving nearly 10,000 troops, officials said on Tuesday.
The exercises, dubbed "Peace Mission 2005", will be held from August 18-25 in Vladivostok in the Russian far east, and in the coastal Chinese province of Shandong and nearby waters.
Defence officials in both countries were anxious to play down any threat to other countries in the region, saying the drills would work on ways to combat international terrorism and internal strife.
"We are not talking at all about North Korea or Taiwan, There were no such talks... so there is no occasion to speak about any third country," Russian General Vladimir Moltenskoi, deputy commander of land forces, told journalists in Moscow.
He said the scenarios included resolving ethnic strife and destroying "terrorists" at a coastal strip with naval forces.
Relations between China and Russia were strained by decades of mistrust during the Cold War, but the two nuclear powers have found much common ground in recent years and their military relationship has blossomed.
Russia is a major supplier of weapons to China, and both are leading members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation -- which also includes the Central Asian states of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
In July the organisation called for U.S.-led troops to fix a date to pull out of bases Central Asia, where Moscow has been concerned by what it sees as U.S. meddling in Russia's backyard.
China's official Xinhua news agency said on Tuesday the drills were meant "to deepen Sino-Russian mutual trust, promote mutual friendship and enhance the cooperation and coordination of the two armed forces".
The drills would also "help strengthen the capability of the two armed forces in jointly striking international terrorism, extremism and separatism", Xinhua said.
Russia's Moltenskoi said that scenarios include joint manoeuvres to cope with "ethnic splits, unrest and confrontations and resistance" to preserve order.
The large scale exercises will involve army, navy, air force, marine, airborne and logistics units, Moltenskoi said, adding that nuclear submarines and blanket bombing would not be used as the fictitious enemy did not merit such weaponry.
BEIJING, Aug 2 (Reuters) - China and Russia will hold their first joint military exercises in August, involving nearly 10,000 troops, officials said on Tuesday.
The exercises, dubbed "Peace Mission 2005", will be held from August 18-25 in Vladivostok in the Russian far east, and in the coastal Chinese province of Shandong and nearby waters.
Defence officials in both countries were anxious to play down any threat to other countries in the region, saying the drills would work on ways to combat international terrorism and internal strife.
"We are not talking at all about North Korea or Taiwan, There were no such talks... so there is no occasion to speak about any third country," Russian General Vladimir Moltenskoi, deputy commander of land forces, told journalists in Moscow.
He said the scenarios included resolving ethnic strife and destroying "terrorists" at a coastal strip with naval forces.
Relations between China and Russia were strained by decades of mistrust during the Cold War, but the two nuclear powers have found much common ground in recent years and their military relationship has blossomed.
Russia is a major supplier of weapons to China, and both are leading members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation -- which also includes the Central Asian states of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
In July the organisation called for U.S.-led troops to fix a date to pull out of bases Central Asia, where Moscow has been concerned by what it sees as U.S. meddling in Russia's backyard.
China's official Xinhua news agency said on Tuesday the drills were meant "to deepen Sino-Russian mutual trust, promote mutual friendship and enhance the cooperation and coordination of the two armed forces".
The drills would also "help strengthen the capability of the two armed forces in jointly striking international terrorism, extremism and separatism", Xinhua said.
Russia's Moltenskoi said that scenarios include joint manoeuvres to cope with "ethnic splits, unrest and confrontations and resistance" to preserve order.
The large scale exercises will involve army, navy, air force, marine, airborne and logistics units, Moltenskoi said, adding that nuclear submarines and blanket bombing would not be used as the fictitious enemy did not merit such weaponry.
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