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Saturday, 26 August 2006
CHINESE-KAZAKH POLICE EXERCISE ENDS IN CHINA
By empty (8/26/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
A two-stage Chinese-Kazakh counterterrorism exercise ended in China\'s Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region on August 26. The second phase of the exercise, which followed a first phase in Kazakhstan, involved 700 policemen and 100 observers from the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). Vyacheslav Kasimov, head of the SCO\'s Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure, said the exercise demonstrated regional leaders\' commitment to fighting the \"three evils\" of separatism, terrorism, and extremism.
A two-stage Chinese-Kazakh counterterrorism exercise ended in China\'s Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region on August 26. The second phase of the exercise, which followed a first phase in Kazakhstan, involved 700 policemen and 100 observers from the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). Vyacheslav Kasimov, head of the SCO\'s Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure, said the exercise demonstrated regional leaders\' commitment to fighting the \"three evils\" of separatism, terrorism, and extremism. SCO member states (China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan) plan to hold counterterrorism exercises in Russia in 2007. (Xinhua)