23 May 2016

News Story: Mongolia kicks off annual peacekeeping drill

ULAN BATOR, May 22 (Xinhua) -- Mongolia kicked off its annual multinational peacekeeping drill on Sunday, with an eye to boosting military-to-military interoperability on peacekeeping missions.

Military personnel from 47 countries in five continents have arrived in Tavan Tolgoi, a Mongolian military training ground about 65 kilometers away from Ulan Bator, capital of Mongolia, for the military exercise code-named "Khan Quest 2016."

The drill, which focuses on peacekeeping and military-humanitarian actions and coordination, consists of four parts this year -- command post exercise, field training exercise, engineering civic action program projects and cooperative health engagement events.

Read the full story at Xinhua