CHOLPON-ATA (Kyrgyzstan), (Sputnik) – This year’s fourth Peace Mission drills are held in Kyrgyzstan from September 15 to September 21, focusing on the SCO forces' command coordination during joint anti-terror operations and enhancing their combat readiness.
"It was decided during the meeting of the SCO countries' chiefs of staff that the next meeting, as well as the Peace Mission exercises, will be held in 2018 in Russia," deputy chief of General Staff Sergei Istrakov told reporters.
The SCO is a political, economic and military alliance that includes China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. India and Pakistan will become full-fledged members of the organization at the 2017 SCO summit in Kazakhstan.
