Military officials of China and Pakistan shake hands in
Abbottabad, Pakistan, Dec. 17, 2006. Code-named "Friendship-2006", the eight-day
China-Pakistan joint anti-terrorism exercise entered into the second stage on
Sunday after four days of weapons and expertise display in a hilly area of
northern Pakistan's Abbottabad. (Xinhua Photo/Li Gang)
ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan, Dec. 17 (Xinhua) -- Code-named "Friendship-2006", the
eight-day China-Pakistan joint anti-terrorism exercise entered into the second
stage on Sunday after four days of weapons and expertise display in a hilly area
of northern Pakistan's Abbottabad.
Under the subject of "anti-terror operation in mountainous terrain",
Sunday's exercise include command post exercise, and exercise with troop, which
involves raids, ambushes, cordoning, searching and annihilation.
The joint operation was initiated on Dec. 11 and will continue to Dec. 18,
with participation of hundreds of army officers and soldiers from both sides.
China and Pakistan conducted the joint exercise with an aim to enhance
communication and understanding between the two armies in anti-terror operation,
step up the cooperation in non-traditional security fields and maintain regional
peace and stability as well.
This land-based joint anti-terrorism drill, the second one between the two
countries since 2004, came as part of activities of celebrating the 55th
anniversary of the establishment of Sino-Pakistani diplomatic relations.
In August 2004, China and Pakistan held the first joint anti-terrorism
military exercise in western China's Xinjiang, bordering Pakistan and
Afghanistan.
Military officials of China and Pakistan discuss during a
joint anti-terrorism exercise in Abbottabad, Pakistan, Dec. 17, 2006. (Xinhua
Photo/Li Gang)
Military officials of China and Pakistan discuss in a meeting
during a joint anti-terrorism exercise in Abbottabad, Pakistan, Dec. 17, 2006.
(Xinhua Photo/Li Gang)
Military officials of China and Pakistan view and emulate
during a joint anti-terrorism exercise in Abbottabad, Pakistan, Dec. 17, 2006.
(Xinhua Photo/Li Gang)
(Xinhua Photo/Li Gang)
(Xinhua Photo/Li Gang)
