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India, China armies 'rout terrorists, free hostages'
Published on Tue, Dec 25, 2007 at 18:52, Updated on Tue, Dec 25, 2007 at 19:01 in 
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Kunming (China): Indian and Chinese armies concluded their first-ever joint anti-terrorism military training with a three-hour military drill in this southwestern Chinese city Tuesday morning.
The joint military training raised the combat ability of both armies to fight against terrorism and enhanced mutual understanding and trust between them, said Lieutenant General Ma Xiaotian, head of the Chinese military observer delegation, at a ceremony to mark the conclusion of the five-day event.
The training also promoted the development of bilateral strategic cooperative partnership, said Ma, who is also deputy chief of the General Staff of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA).
"It's the real reflection of the confidence and power of China and India and their armies to fight against terrorism," said Ma.
"This is a momentous occasion for us," said Lieutenant General Susheel Gupta, head of the Indian military observer delegation.
"This first ever joint training shows our resolve to fight terrorism and ensure peace for the entire world," said General Gupta, who is also Deputy Chief of Army Staff of the Indian army.
The military drill on Tuesday, the third and final stage of the five-day exercise, began at 7:30 a.m. local time at a hilly terrain near Kunming, capital city of Yunnan province, with the participation of 206 ground troops from the two armies.
It was designed to tackle a situation as if 56 "terrorists" from "a certain international terrorist organisation" have entered the border area of China and India. The terrorists "established" a training base and "intended" to attack a trading port on the border between the two countries.
The finale manoeuvre of the five-day operation involved establishing a joint command post, joint battle decision-making, implementation of anti-terrorism action before wiping out the group of "terrorists" and rescuing "hostages".
During the drill, the Chinese and Indian troops broke into the "training camp of the terrorists" at 9:25 a.m. and began to rescue "hostages" at 10:25 a.m.
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It's really nice to know that Indian and Chinese armies has just finished their first-ever joint anti-terrorism military training. It
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