Military experts from Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)
member nations Friday concluded their fourth round of talks here,
reaching consensus on the preparation for upcoming military
exercise.
The four-day consultations, which held in Urumqi, capital of
northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, focused on the
general scenario of real-troop exercise, logistics and military
transportation.
A summary of the consultations was signed.
The anti-terrorism drill, dubbed "Peace Mission 2007 ", is to
stage in August in Chelyabinsk of Russia's Ural Mountainous region
and involves the six SCO members, namely, China, Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
Zhang Qinsheng, deputy chief of the General Staff of the Chinese
People's Liberation Army, hosted the consultations.
(PLA Daily May 21, 2007)