Indo-Bangladesh joint military exercise Sampriti-7 begins today
The 13-day exercise will be conducted at India's Jungle Warfare School at Vairengte in Mizoram and at the Joint Training Node at Umroi in Meghalaya.
In Short
- The joint training exercise 'Sampriti-7' will begin today.
- The 13-day exercise will be held at Vairengte in Mizoram and Umroi in Meghalaya.
- This is the 7th edition of the joint training exercise.
Army personnel of India and Bangladesh will take part in a joint training exercise 'Sampriti-7' in Meghalaya and Mizorum starting today.
This is the 7th edition of the joint training exercise, which will end on November 18. The 13-day exercise will be conducted at India's Jungle Warfare School at Vairengte in Mizoram and at the Joint Training Node at Umroi in Meghalaya.
The Inter Services Public Relation Directorate-ISPR of Bangladesh said that the main objective of the exercise is to conduct counter-insurgency and counter-terrorism operations in peace-keeping activities in the United Nations (UN).
"There will be 20 officers each from both the nations in the Command Post Exercise (CPX) as part of the brigade and battalion command posts. The Field Training Exercise (FTX) would see participation of one Infantry company each from the Bangladesh Army and elite Red Horns Division of the Indian Army," Bangladeshi News Media quoted an Army official.
The joint exercise was first held in Assam in 2011 and since then both the countries have been hosting the exercise alternatively. Last year, the training exercise was conducted in at Bangabandhu Cantonment in Ghatail of Bangladesh.