Question: In which of the following country, the Peacekeeping exercise Shared Destiny-2021, will commence from September 6 to 15, 2021?
a) India
b) China
c) Mongolia
d) Sri Lanka
Answer: (b)
Related Facts:-
- From September 6 to 15, 2021; peacekeeping exercise called Shared Destiny-2021 will be organised in China.
- Militaries of China, Mongolia, Thailand and Pakistan are set to take part in this multinational exercise.
- Exercise Shared Destiny-2021 will be conducted at the combined-arms tactical training base in central Henan province of China.
- The People’s Liberation Army of China will lead this exercise with its four friendly countries.
- This is the first multinational peacekeeping live exercise, involving four nations.
- All the participating countries will dispatch about 1,000 troops to be the part of drills.
- 1000 troops will involve units of infantry, security, fast response, engineering, helicopter, transportation and medical service.
- Exercise will be held in close-to-real battlefield environment that will be set in accordance with international, professional and realistic combat standards.
- In the peacekeeping exercise, battlefield environment will be created by:-
- Conducting drills of battlefield reconnaissance.
- Security guarding & patrol.
- Protection of civilians.
- Protection to armed escort.
- Response to violent & terrorist attacks,
- Construction of temporary operation base and battlefield first aid & pandemic control for responding to UN’s Action for Peacekeeping initiative.
- Spokesperson for China’s Ministry of National Defence Senior Colonel Tan Kefei informed the plan of this exercise in an online media briefing.
- Tan said that the Chinese military will continue to take a more active part in UN peacekeeping operations and always be a staunch defender of the world peace.