more-inThe first joint military exercise of the seven member countries of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC), with a focus on counter-terrorism in semi-urban areas, is set to commence in Pune on September 10. The week-long field training exercise, named MILEX-18, is to be held between September 10 and 16 at the city’s Aundh Military Station, said Lt. Gen. D.R. “India is endeavouring to initiate a process of sharing counter-terrorism strategies with the member countries via this drill. Platoon-sized contingents of the BIMSTEC nations armies will take part in the exercise to be conducted at the Aundh Military Station’s foreign training node,” said Lt. Gen. Soni. Former Indian diplomat G. Parthasarthy will be its moderator,” said Lt. Gen. Soni.

Source: The Hindu September 07, 2018 18:46 UTC