Joint forces storm beaches at climax of drills
By Sun Shangwu (China Daily)
Updated: 2005-08-25 05:55

Chinese Defence Minister Cao Gangchuan and his Russian counterpart Sergei Ivanov watched the drill.

Before the exercise, Cao and Ivanov held talks in Qingdao, during which they said the joint military drills would improve the strategic co-operative partnership between the two countries.

Cao said mutual trust in military and security sectors and co-operation in military training is significant in safeguarding the peace and safety of the region and the world.

Ministers and vice-ministers of defence from the Shanghai Co-operation Organization, which groups Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, as well as China and Russia, were also present at the drills.

The amphibious landing was one of three exercises making up the countries' joint military manoeuvre called "Peace Mission 2005," which started on August 18 and ends today.

The two armies launched a naval blockade on Tuesday and will launch a third joint operation today.

Ivanov said in Qingdao on Tuesday that there have been no technical or operative compatibility problems during the war games, the ITAR-TASS news agency reported.

"Co-operation with them (Chinese troops) is easier since most of their weaponry is Soviet and Russian made, but a language barrier exists in communications," Ivanov was quoted as saying.

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