A Chinese soldier stands guard as military vehicles are transported by railway for the exercise of "Peace Mission 2007" after a ceremony in Turpan, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, July 20, 2007.
The "Peace Mission 2007", the largest joint anti-terrorism exercises in which all the six Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) countries will take part, will be held at Chelyabinsk in the Ural mountainous region of Russia.
(Xinhua News Agency July 23, 2007)