China, Russia, Central Asian States To Stage Joint Anti-Terror Exercise

AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, China, Russia and four Central Asian countries announced April 26 they will hold a joint military exercise against terrorism next year in Russia.

The agreement was reached during a meeting in Beijing of defense ministers from the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), a security group comprising China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, a joint communique said.

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov told reporters the military drill was aimed at safeguarding the countries against terrorist attacks and was not meant to threaten any country.

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