At the Qingtongxia training ground of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army, located in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region of the People’s Republic of China, started practicing joint practical actions of Russian-Chinese operational-strategic exercise Sibu/Interaction 2021.
Command of the Russian military contingent and the People’s Liberation Army of China (PLA) within the framework of Sibu/Interaction 2021 have begun planning anti-terrorist operation.
On August 5, a live-fire training exercise with authorized weapons and equipment of the Exercise ZAPAD/INTERACTION-2021 was held at the combined arms tactical training base of the PLA Army in Qingtongxia City of West China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. This was the first time for Russian participants to use armored assault vehicles, infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) and other main battle equipment provided by China on a large scale in the drill. The Chinese side set up a teaching group to help the Russian troops master the equipment as quickly as possible.
The exercise ZAPAD/INTERACTION-2021 kicked off at a combined arms tactical training base of the PLA Army in Qingtongxia City of West China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. General Li Zuocheng, member of China’s Central Military Commission (CMC) and Chief of the CMC Joint Staff Department, attended the launch ceremony as the chief conductor of the exercise and officially announced the commencement.
Exercise shows determination, ability of both sides to jointly safeguard international, regional peace, says Beijing
Units of the Armed Forces of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic arrived at the Sergeevsky training ground of the Eastern Military District in the Primorsky Territory to participate in the joint Russian-Laotian exercise Laros 2021.
During SIBU/Interaction 2021 joint strategic exercise, servicemen of the Russian military contingent and the People’s Liberation Army of China (PLA) will use unmanned aerial vehicles.
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