FIRST RUSSIAN-CHINESE MILITARY EXERCISE TO BE HELD IN AUGUST
RIA Novosti
ZHITOVO, Ryazan Region, March 24 (RIA Novosti) - The scenario of the first Russo-Chinese exercise has been determined, Colonel General Alexander Belousov, first deputy defense minister of Russia, told journalists in the village of Zhitovo on Thursday. Zhitovo is the site of the command post exercise of the 106th Airborne Division, which includes parachuting and field firing.
"The scenario has been specified. It will be a counter-terrorist exercise held in China in August," the general said. "We have never held such exercises before."
Belousov also told journalists that several other major international exercises, including Rubezh 2005 with Tajikistan in early April and an exercise with Norway involving troops of the Leningrad Military District, are planned for the second half of 2005.
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