BEIJING, Jun 10 (NNN-XINHUA) – A People’s Liberation Army (PLA) detachment, will set off for Mongolia, in the middle of this month, to participate in the “Khaan Quest-2025” multinational peacekeeping exercise, a defence spokesperson said, yesterday.
The PLA detachment is at the invitation of Mongolia’s Ministry of Defence, said Jiang Bin, spokesperson for China’s Ministry of National Defence, at a press conference.
Jiang also announced that, the 20th meeting of the Experts’ Working Group on Peacekeeping Operations, under the ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting Plus (ADMM-Plus) will be held in the city of Nanjing, in Jiangsu Province, east China, from tomorrow, Jun 11 to 14.
The member states and observer states of the ADMM-Plus, as well as, the United Nations and the ASEAN Secretariat will send representatives to the event, which aims to deepen military mutual trust and security cooperation among regional countries, and enhance their capacities for peacekeeping operations, he said.– NNN-XINHUA