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Sino-Russian military drills demonstrate commitment to world peace:
commanders
Thu, 18 Aug 2005 21:54:25 +0300 - VLADIVOSTOK, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- The first Sino-Russia joint military exercises, underway along the common border, demonstrate the common will of the two countries' armed forces to safeguard peace and stability in the region and the world at large, a Chinese commander of the drills said on Thursday.
The exercises, which were being staged on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of World War II, neither aim at any third party nor concern the interests of any third country and will pose no threat to any country, said Liang Guanglie, chief of the general staff of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.
The military exercises, code-named "Peace Mission 2005," began in the Russian Far East city of Vladivostok on Thursday. The second and third stages of the drills will be held in the Shandong
Peninsula and nearby offshore seawaters, east China.
The 10,000 troops from the army, navy and air force of the two countries will focus on the maneuvers of strategic consultations and battle planning, transportation and deployment of troops, and combat practice during the eight-day exercises.
Liang said the mission of the drills mainly aim to deepen Sino-Russian cooperation and coordination of the two armed forces in the areas of defense and security, and help strengthen the
capability in jointly striking international terrorism, extremism and separatism.
"China is a responsible country and the People's Liberation Army is a strong force for maintaining world peace...We are ready to develop friendly cooperation with the people and armed forces
of all countries," he said.
The exercises were a concrete step for further military cooperation between China and Russia under the new historical conditions and is of great significance to their strategic partnership of cooperation.
Echoing Liang's remarks, Yury Baluyevsky, chief of the general staff of the Russian armed forces, described the joint exercises as a brand new form of military cooperation between Russia and China.
"The joint military exercises reflect the joint efforts of Russia and China to serve peace and stability in the region and the world at large," said Baluyevsky.
Russian and China share similar or identical views on international and regional affairs. The holding of the joint military exercises does not mean that the two countries want to forge a military bloc in any form or pose any threat to any other
country, Baluyevsky said.
Russia pays close attention to the stable development of the military and political situation in the Asia-Pacific region, said Baluyevsky.
"From this standpoint, we are engaged in establishing friendly cooperation with all countries in the region."
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