Chinese and Russian police on Thursday concluded a three-day
joint anti-terrorist exercise in the suburbs of Moscow.
During the operation, the special forces from both countries
successfully rescued hostages from hijackers in a hypothetical
hostage-taking situation in an administrative building on the
Chinese-Russian border.
"In the exercise, Chinese and Russian officers coordinated
closely, exactly understood and implemented the command's
instructions, completed tasks with competent military skills, hard
work and flexible tactics," said Wu Shuangzhan, commander of
Chinese People's Armed Police Force.
The "Cooperation 2007" exercise improved the anti-terrorism
capabilities of the two countries' police and interior troops and
deepened cooperation and friendship between the two countries, he
said
The joint exercise, which was divided into three phases,
involved in some 600 troops from the two countries. China's Snow
Leopard armed police unit and a Russian special task force unit
took part in the exercises.
(Xinhua News Agency September 7, 2007)
