NANNING, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- A joint counter-terrorism actual-troop drill among ASEAN Defense Ministers' Meeting Plus (ADMM-Plus) countries wrapped up Thursday in the Southern Theater Command in China.
More than 800 personnel from 10 ASEAN member states, eight dialogue partners and an ASEAN military medical center participated in the drill.
The drill began on Nov. 13 in Guilin, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
As the largest land-based counter-terrorism drill since 2011, when an experts' working group on counter-terrorism was established for ADMM-Plus countries, the drill is aimed at deepening the exchanges and cooperation among the militaries of the countries and enhancing their capabilities to jointly tackle various security challenges.
The ADMM-Plus countries include the 10 ASEAN member states and eight "plus" countries, namely Australia, China, India, Japan, New Zealand, the Republic of Korea, Russia and the United States.
