China to Take Part in Counter-Terrorism Drills in East Africa
- Exercises to be conducted jointly with Mozambique, Tanzania
- Gas-rich Mozambique has been battling an Islamist insurgency
Chinese soldiers prepare machine guns on armoured vehicles during a military drill on May 16.
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Chinese military forces will participate in joint counter-terrorism exercises with Mozambique and Tanzania later this month, Ministry of National Defense spokesman Zhang Xiaogang said.
The land and sea drills will begin in late July and continue until mid-August, Zhang said in a statement published on a Chinese military website on Thursday.