From: Justin Burke (JBurke@sorosny.org)
Date: Mon Jul 28 2003 - 14:36:25 EDT
CASPIAN NEWS AGENCY
CNA all-inclusive newsline
/15:24 28.07.2003/ Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and China to conduct
antitettotist exercises between August 6 and 12
Bishkek, July 28, 2003. (CNA). An antiterrorist exercise for armed
forces of member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization is
taking place in Kazakhstan and China between August 6 and 12.
The first stage of the exercise, entitled Interaction-2003, will be
taking place in Kazakhstan's Semipalatinsk region, reported a source in
the Kyrgyz Defence Ministry. The purpose of this stage is to drill joint
actions to seal off and eliminate international terrorist groupings.
The second stage will be held in China and will see the armed forces of
China and Kyrgyzstan destroying an international terrorist camp and
liberating hostages, RIA Novosti reports.
The exercise involves an operations group of the Defence Ministry of
Kyrgyzstan and the country's landing reconnaissance platoon, as well as
military aviation from Kazakhstan.
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