awarded the drill team flag to the commanders of both sides participating in the Sino-Kyrgyz joint anti-terrorism drill. Photo by Wang Guoyin
The commanders of both sides who participated in the joint anti-terrorism drills of China and Kyrgyzstan were awarded the flag of the drill team. Photo by Wang Guoyin
China News Service Urumqi, August 6 (Luo Xin) The "Cooperation-2019" joint anti-terrorism drill was launched at a training base near Urumqi on the morning of the 6th. This is the first joint anti-terrorism drill for similar troops from China and Kyrgyzstan. Lieutenant General Yang Guangyue, deputy commander of the Chinese Armed Police Force, Colonel Orozaliyev, deputy commander and chief of staff of the Kyrgyzstan National Guard, attended the event.
launch ceremony site. Photo by Wang Guoyin
At 10:30 am, the reporter saw at the launching ceremony that the officers and soldiers from both China and Kyrgyzstan were in a cool and lined up in front of the viewing table. Amid the solemn and majestic national anthem of the two countries, the national flags of China and Kyrgyzstan are rising slowly. Immediately afterwards, representatives of the Chinese and Kyrgyzstan training officers and soldiers jointly raised the joint exercise flag. Yang Guangyue and Orozaliyev respectively awarded the drill team flags to the commanders of both sides who participated in the Sino-Kyrgyz joint anti-terrorism drill. Yang Guangyue announced the start of the joint anti-terrorism drill.
The officers and soldiers were in line in an orderly manner. Photo by Wang Guoyin
"This joint anti-terrorism drill is a concrete measure for the Chinese People's Armed Police Force and the Kyrgyzstan National Guard to implement the consensus reached by the heads of state, deepen cooperation in the security field, enhance the anti-terrorism capabilities of the troops, and enrich the connotation of pragmatic exchanges between the two sides." Yang Guangyue introduced that the drill aims to solve problems, enhance friendship, deepen cooperation, and continuously improve the anti-terrorism combat capabilities of the special forces of both sides, and is not targeted at any third-party countries and regions.
awards the drill team flag. Photo by Wang Guoyin
It is reported that the joint anti-terrorism drill lasts for nearly 10 days. It is based on the background of jointly responding to the threat of terrorism, with the theme of working together to combat violent terrorist crimes, and the joint handling of compound terrorist attacks. According to the idea of practical, systematic and base-based, it highlights joint anti-terrorism command and basic technical training, joint anti-terrorism tactical collaborative training, and joint anti-terrorism comprehensive confrontation drills, and will be carried out at the training base of the Xinjiang Corps of the Armed Police Force and the surrounding areas.
military band performs. Photo by Wang Guoyin
This joint anti-terrorism drill, about 150 officers and soldiers from both sides participated, and were carried out in the form of mixed grouping, centralized organization, and group training for both sides. Among them, the Chinese Armed Police Force sent officers and soldiers of the Xinjiang Corps "Shanying Eagle" commando to participate in the training, while the Kyrgyzstan National Guard's "Black Panther" Special Operations Brigade.
lit joint drill flag. Photo by Wang Guoyin
The reporter learned that the "Shanying Eagle" commando is an elite anti-terrorism special forces. This participation in the joint anti-terrorism drill is their first time participating in a military exchange activity for similar troops in China and abroad. Team leader Zhou Zhen said that he would work closely with the Kyrgyzstan troops in light of the combat tasks undertaken by the troops, especially the characteristics of mountain anti-terrorism combat, strengthen exchanges and research, and demonstrate the good image of the Chinese armed police with excellent performance and training style, and further improve the troops' anti-terrorism training and combat command capabilities, laying the foundation for carrying out combat tasks.
held a seminar and exchange activity. Photo by Wang Guoyin
In recent years, the armed police force has successfully held a series of international military exchange activities such as the "Great Wall" Counter-Terrorism International Forum and the "Blade" International Sniper Competition, which has effectively promoted exchanges and cooperation with similar troops from various countries in the field of counter-terrorism and effectively promoted the improvement of anti-terrorism winning capabilities. (End)
seminar and exchange activity site. Wang Guoyin photographed
launch ceremony site. Wang Guoyin Photo
