At the invitation of the headquarters of UN Interim Force in Lebanon, the fourth batch of the Chinese peacekeeping engineer detachment which took over from the third batch of the Chinese peacekeepers one week ago participated in a military drill codenamed western "beacon", sponsored by the western area troops of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon. The drill is set under a hypothetical background that the overall security situation in the mission area of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon deteriorated, as a result the air, sea and land traffic was restricted and the safety of the UN civil staff was directly threatened. The Chinese peacekeeping engineering detachment was required to receive the UN civil staff and their family dependants, transfer them to safer areas and provide them with accommodation, medical care, food and water, etc.

　　"Perfect!" heartily claimed Yos, a senior official in charge of civil security affairs in the western headquarters of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon, and senior officer Martin who came together with 8 assessment officials, in a meeting-room of the Chinese peacekeeping engineer detachment at 3:00 p.m. on July 2, after they watched the three-hour drill held in the Chinese barracks along the shore of the Mediterranean Sea, and Yos told Li Yuanxiang, commander of the Chinese peacekeeping engineer detachment: "The Chinese detachment is very rich in experience, the drill is very realistic and its response is very swift and it has set a good example for us!"

　　By Wei Yinghai and Zhang Jinyu

　　(July 4, PLA Daily)                                    Editor: Ouyang Dongmei