The chiefs of the general staff of member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) met here Friday morning for strategic talks in preparation for an anti-terror military drill.
"Peace Mission 2010," a multi-national anti-terror military drill under the framework of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), will officially start later Friday.
Some 5,000 troops from China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan will participate in the exercise, the seventh of its kind organized by the SCO members in recent years.