RF withdraws from China all troops participating in Peace Mission.

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MOSCOW, July 31 (Itar-Tass) -- Russia has completed the withdrawal
from China of all its troops, which were participating in the joint
anti-terror exercises Peace Mission-2009, Assistant Commander-in-Chief of
the Russian Ground Troops Colonel Igor Konashenkov said on Friday.

"The last fifth military train with the remaining units of the
reinforced motorized battalion, military hardware and weapons arrived at
01.00 Moscow time on Friday at the Grodekovo railway station near
Ussuriisk. The whole aviation group consisting of 22 airplanes and
helicopters flew from the Chinese airfields to our Vozzhayevka airfield
not far from the border with China back on July 27," Konashenkov said.
"So, today we completed the withdrawal of all our 1,300 men strong
troops from China to Russia," the assistant commander said.
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