An anti-terror exercise under the framework of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) will be held in Kazakhstan from Sept. 9 to 25.

The drill, "Peace Mission 2010," would be the seventh of its kind. More than 5,000 troops from Kazakhstan, China, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and Tajikistan would be involved, he said.

Chinese Defense Ministry spokesman Geng Yansheng?said the exercise aimed to demonstrate SCO member states' determination and capacity to combat terrorism, separatism and extremism, showcase their mutual trust and pragmatic cooperation, and the shared wish to protect regional peace and stability as well as to boost common development and prosperity.

About 1,000 personnel from the land and air forces of China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) would take part in the exercise.

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