China and Thailand will hold joint training

The Ministry of National Defense of China announced that China and Thailand will hold a joint training of "Assault -2023" Army in mid-August to early September.

According to the news released by the official website of the Ministry of National Defense, the director of the Ministry of National Defense and the spokesperson of the Ministry of National Defense, Wu Qian, announced on Monday (August 14) that according to the annual plan and the consensus reached by both China and ThailandThe joint training of Zhongtai's "Assault-20123" Army will be held in Thailand from mid-August to early September.

Wu Qian introduced that the "assault" series of army joint training is based on joint counter -terrorism operations, which aims to strengthen the Chinese Thai army's anti -terrorism cooperation, promote the development of the relationship between the two armies, and play a positive role in maintaining regional peace and stability.

Data show that the last time China and Thailand held the army joint training in 2019, and then suspended due to the epidemic.

According to previous reports, the Air Force of China and Thailand held a joint training of the "Eagle Strike -2023" Air Force in July at the Thai Air Force Wulong base. China sent fighters, fians, early warning planes, etc.Training.According to Thai media reports, after the joint training of the army, the two countries will also hold naval joint training.

In June of this year, Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu met Narongphan Jitkaewtae, commander of Thailand's Army, said that the relationship between China and Thailand had a good development momentum.Joint training, "Peace Friendship-20123" multi-country joint exercise and other cooperation projects, promoting the two armies, especially the pragmatic cooperation between the two countries, to achieve more results.Li Shangfu also said that in the face of some security challenges in the Asia -Pacific region, China is willing to jointly maintain the stability of the region with Thailand to ensure the long -term stability of the Asia -Pacific governance.