Singapore & China in joint military exercise

[Lankan Ranger]

Singapore & China in joint military exercise

The Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) & The People's Liberation Army of China are participating in a counter-terrorism training exercise from Thursday to Nov 26.

This is the second time the training exercise between the two countries has taken place.

About 60 personnel from each side are taking part in Cooperation 2010, which focuses on counter-terrorism security operations for major international events.

The nine-day exercise consists of seminars, planning exercises and response drills.

Speaking at the opening ceremony on Friday, Brig-Gen Teo Jing Siong from the SAF said: 'Singapore welcomes China's continued defence exchanges and interactions with our region at the bilateral and multilateral levels, which would help foster cooperation and better understanding between regional militaries.'

S'pore, China in joint military exercise

 

[lcloo]

Singapore is the most pro-western ASEAN nation, it is always the last nation in the region to close tie with China on all matters, part of the reason was trying not to create fear among other ASEAN nations, to ensure them that Singapore is not an extension of Greater China, since the majority of Singaporeans are ethnic Chinese.

Now we see the wind has changed, though slowly.

 

[CardSharp]

Singapore is the most pro-western ASEAN nation, it is always the last nation in the region to close tie with China on all matters, part of the reason was trying not to create fear among other ASEAN nations, to ensure them that Singapore is not an extension of Greater China, since the majority of Singaporeans are ethnic Chinese.

Now we see the wind has changed, though slowly.

Blood is thicker than water

 

[siegecrossbow]

good move! wonder who is next on PLA's joint exercise rampage .