BEIJING, SEPT 01 (DNA): China and Pakistan besides some regional countries will participate in the “Centre 2019” Russia Military Exercise scheduled to be held from September 16 to 21, according to a Defence Ministry spokesperson.
Senior Colonel Ren Guoqiang said at a regular press conference that China will send around 1,600 soldiers from the PLA West Theatre Command, around 300 pieces of military equipment and almost 30 fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters to join the “Centre 2019” exercise in Orenburg, the largest one Russia is holding this year. Focusing on “multinational combined forces conducting group count-terrorism missions to protect military security in Central Asia,” the exercise will also be joined with six other nations including Pakistan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. – DNA
