BEIJING, August 20 (RIA Novosti, Alexei Yefimov) - The second stage of the Peace Mission-2005 Russian-Chinese maneuvers has started in China Saturday.The Russian and Chinese troops will practice the deployment of personnel, military hardware and weapons on the Shandong Peninsula and in the Yellow Sea.
Russian warships arrived at the port of Qingdao on August 9.
The maneuvers involve 8,000 Chinese and 2,000 Russian military personnel.
Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Yury Baluyevsky said Thursday that all kinds of Russian military units, including marine and airborne companies, were taking part in the maneuvers.
"Our maneuvers do not threaten any country," he said. "This is mentioned in the memorandum and we stick to this principle."
The first stage of the exercises began August 18 in Vladivostok, which hosted military-political consultations of chiefs of the Russian and Chinese general staffs.
