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Thursday, November 10, 2011
Sino-Pak military drill not aimed at India: ChinaBEIJING: The Chinese Ministry of National Defence dismissed Indian reports that China and Pakistan were holding a joint military exercise to put pressure on New Delhi, and said that the anti-terror drill is not targeted at any third country. According to the annual exchange plan between China and Pakistan’s militaries, the two armies will hold the ‘Friendship 2011’ joint anti-terror exercise near Islamabad, The China Daily quoted the Information Office of the Ministry of National Defence. “This is the first joint drill of the two armies this year and is not targeted at any third nation. It is aimed at enhancing the capability of the two militaries to handle non-traditional security threats and launch joint anti-terror activities,” the office said in a written reply. The two-week exercise will begin on November 16, it said. Fu Xiaoqiang, an expert on South Asian studies at the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations accused the Indian media of basing such reports on “hearsay evidence”. app
Courtesy www.dailytimes.com.pk