4 Aug in 5:00 Newsweek
China has welcomed Russian troops to hold joint strategic drills for the first time next week on the territory of the People s Republic as part of growing ties between Beijing and Moscow,
Russian personnel were met with a warm reception over the weekend as Chinese People s Liberation Army Lieutenant General Liu Xiaowu, deputy commander of the Western Theater Command and commanding officer of Chinese forces in the upcoming exercise, presented a bouquet of flowers to members of the Russian military delegation visiting ahead of the Zapad-Interaction, or West-Interaction, drills set to play out from August 9 to 13.
Liu remarked that in the context of the big changes and pandemic, this is the first joint strategic exercise participated by Russian troops in China, according to a readout published Monday by the Chinese Defense Ministry.
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Aug 03, 2021 01:55 AM EDT
In August, Russian and Chinese soldiers will conduct a large-scale joint exercise, the latest in a series of gradually strengthening defense relations between Moscow and Beijing.
(Photo : Getty Images) Soldiers in action during a drill on day three of the China-Russia counter-terrorist Cooperation-2017 on December 5, 2017 in Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region of China.
Joint Military Exercise Between China and Russia
In a recently published article in The National Interest, Russia and China will conduct cooperative military exercises in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region in northern China during the first part of August, according to Chinese Defense Ministry spokesperson Wu Qian.