Chinese team takes part in the tank biathlon's singles during the International Army Games 2020 in a suburb of Moscow, Russia, Aug. 30, 2020. Photo: Xinhua
TASS: Russian, Chinese troops to hold joint drills in China’s north in August
Both Russia and China will send over 10,000 troops to participate in the joint maneuvers that will also involve aircraft and artillery
BEIJING, July 29. /TASS/. The Russian and Chinese troops will hold joint drills in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region in northern China in the first half of August, Spokesman for China’s Defense Ministry Wu Qian announced on Thursday.
"Based on the consensus reached between China and Russia, the Russian Armed Forces will take part in the drills West/Interaction-2021 that will run in China at the beginning and in the middle of August," the spokesman said.
The drills will run on the premises of the army training base in the town of Qingtongxia, the spokesman specified.
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