The Sri Lankan army held joint exercises with the Chinese People’s Armed Police Force (APF) at a training base in China’s southern Guangzhou province at the end of March.
The drills, codenamed “Silk Road Cooperation-2015”, were aimed at “helping both sides to learn from each other […] to improve their capabilities of performing duties”, the Chinese military’s news portal said.
The exercises were mainly focused on counter-terrorism training, including “skills of shooting, capturing and climbing […] and the tactical trainings [sic] are mainly composed of operations of searching blocks, rescuing hostages as well as anti-hijacking aircraft and buses,” according to Su Haihui, deputy director of the Training Department of the APF.
China will send several special operation teams to take part in the second phase of the drill, expected to be held in Sri Lanka in late June.
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