Joint military drill to hone anti-terror capacity

The arrival of a Tupelov Tu-134 aircraft with 39 officers from Kazakhstan on Sunday brought to more than 7,000 the number of troops from five Shanghai Cooperation Organization nations participating in Peace Mission-2014.

By Monday, all foreign personnel taking part in the joint anti-terrorist military exercise in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region had arrived, according to Wang Ning, the drill's chief director.

The exercise, which will run at Zhurihe from Aug 24 to 29, involves 2,200 foreign personnel including infantry, aviation, airborne troops and special forces. Weaponry includes fighters, transports, helicopters and tanks from Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.