Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation

09/27/2021 | News release | Distributed by Public on 09/27/2021 08:02

Participants of the international exercise Peace Mission-2021 are returning to their permanent locations

27.09.2021 (16:45)

Military personnel of the armed forces of India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, China, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan have begun relocating to permanent deployment points (PDP) after the joint military anti-terrorist command and staff exercise of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member states Peace Mission-2021 at the Donguz training ground in the Orenburg region.

Military units of the People's Liberation Army of China and the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation marched to the Donguzskaya and Mayachnaya railway stations, where they loaded military equipment onto railway platforms and began relocating to the PDP. The military personnel of India, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan leave the area of practical operations by air transport. The military contingent of the Republic of Kazakhstan, which performed combat training tasks as part of the coalition group, moved to the PDP by land transport.

The joint military anti-terrorist command and staff exercise of the armed forces of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization member states Peace Mission-2021 was held from September 20 to 24, 2021 at the Donguz training ground in the Orenburg region. The main objectives of the exercise were: improving the coherence of the management bodies of the coalition group of troops in the preparation and conduct of a joint anti-terrorist operation, exchanging experience in countering terrorism, as well as mastering the basic tactical techniques and methods of action of the forces (troops) under the leadership of the joint military administration body.

The joint anti-terrorist exercises of the member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Peace Mission have been held every two years since the organization was established in 2001. The first of them took place in August 2003 on the territory of Kazakhstan and China.

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