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2018-05-14 16:20
Beijing Review 2018年18期

A military band from Kyrgyzstan takes part in a parade held at the Beijing Olympic Park during the Fifth Military Band Festival of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) on April 25.

The event followed the 15th Meeting of SCO Defense Ministers in the Chinese capital from April 23 to 24, during which participants vowed to strengthen military cooperation and expressed their readiness to conduct joint military counterterrorism exercises in Russia this August.

Military bands from eight countries including China, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, India and Belarus took part in the festival.