Chinese and Russian armed forces will conduct a joint anti-terror military exercise starting July 22, according to local military sources.

The two countries’ defense authorities have agreed to organise the “Peace Mission-2009” exercise in Russia 's Far East area and northeast China 's Shenyang Military Command, said China ’s Xinhua news agency on July 8.

Chiefs of General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces and the People's Liberation Army (PLA) will hold strategic talks in Russia 's Khabarovsk on July 22, Hu Changming, spokesman with the Chinese Defense Ministry, was quoted as saying.

Each of the two armed forces will send 1,300 personnel and air force services to participate in the exercise, the spokesman said.

China , Russia and other member states of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation previously held two similar anti-terrorism exercises under the name “Peace Mission” in 2005 and 2007.

The exercise is designed to showcase the abilities and resolutions of both sides to jointly cope with various kinds of security threats and crack down on terrorist, separatist and extremist forces./.