Chinese, Russian Troops Drill Together
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Russia is set to join a military exercise with China - Zapad/Interaction 2021 - in the Qingtongxia Joint Tactical Training Base in Northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, August 9-13.
The theme of this military exercise is “jointly safeguarding regional security and stability,” according to a spokesperson for China's Ministry of National Defense, Senior Colonel Wu Qian. The official focus is terrorism, extremism and separatism, not the US or its allies.
More than 10,000 soldiers will take part, along with multiple types of aircraft, artillery pieces and armored equipment to test joint reconnaissance, early warnings, as well as electronic information attack and strike capabilities in the land-air integrated joint operation.
Normally an annual event, this is the first joint drill to be held in China since the outbreak of the Covid-19 epidemic. Previous joint training by the Russian and Chinese militaries included Vostok (East) 2018, Tsentr (Center) 2019 and Kavkaz (Caucasus) 2020 exercises, held across different regions of Russia.
People's Liberation Army Major General Kui Yanwei, who serves as China's defense attache at the country's embassy in Russia, noted that July marks the 20th anniversary of the Sino-Russian Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation, which Presidents Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin renewed during a virtual meeting in late June. The two heads of state also produced a lengthy joint statement in which they discussed a relationship "based on equality, deep mutual trust, commitment to international law, support in defending each other's core interests, the principles of sovereignty and territorial integrity."
