China, Indonesia end first joint training

BANDUNG, Indonesia - The first joint training exercise between Chinese and Indonesian special forces in history ended on Friday.

The exercise, which had the code name "Sharp Knife 2011", began on May 4 and was conducted between special forces from China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) and Indonesia's National Armed Forces.

Hou Shusen, deputy chief of staff of the PLA, said the joint training and the relationship between the two countries was quite significant, even though it lasted only for a short time and was fairly small in size.