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Shanghai group to hold counter-terrorism exercises in Kyrgyzstan

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Eurasian security bloc comprising five former Soviet republics and China will begin joint counter-terrorism exercises at a lake in eastern Kygryzstan on Monday.
BISHKEK, May 28 (RIA Novosti) - A Eurasian security bloc comprising five former Soviet republics and China will begin joint counter-terrorism exercises at a lake in eastern Kygryzstan on Monday.

The Central Asian country's state security department said the exercises would involve special forces and law enforcement agencies of Shanghai Cooperation Organization member states, and would be held at a military zone by lake Issyk Kul.

The exercises will continue until May 31.

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization is set to hold a summit on June 15, bringing together the presidents of member nations Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and China, as well as the leaders of Iran, Pakistan, India and Mongolia, which currently have observer status in the alliance, but have expressed interest in becoming full members.

The SCO was set up a decade ago to deal with Islamic extremism and other security threats in Central Asia, but has since expanded its scope to include cooperation in disaster relief and trade.

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