(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) Beijing August 13 (QNA) - Kazakh Kyrgyz and Tajik troops set for a joint anti-terror drill have entered China and are heading for the drill site in the country's north. According to China's news agency (Xinhua) Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) members will participate in "Peace Mission-2014" which will take place from Aug. 24-29 in China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Reaching Xinjiang on Monday 480-plus soldiers and officers from Kyrgyzstan were the first to arrive followed by Tajikistan and Kazakhstan. The drill which is expected to involve over 7000 Chinese Russian Kazakh Kyrgyz and Tajik troops is part of joint anti-terrorism exercises launched under the SCO framework. (QNA)
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