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India, Nepal joint exercise from March 7

India and Nepal will conduct the 11th Surya Kiran joint exercise from March 7 to March 20, focussing on counter-insurgency…

IANS | New Delhi | March 1, 2017 9:13 am

India, Nepal joint exercise from March 7

India and Nepal will conduct the 11th Surya Kiran joint exercise from March 7 to March 20, focussing on counter-insurgency drills, an official said on Tuesday.

The infantry battalion-level joint exercise will be conducted at Pithoragarh, in Uttarakhand, said an official statement here.

The Surya Kiran exercise is an annual exercise, conducted alternately in India and Nepal.

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The statement said the exercise aims at promoting military relations and increasing interoperability in conducting joint counter-insurgency operations in mountainous terrain.

"Both armies stand to benefit mutually from each other's experience in fighting insurgency, environmental conservation, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HADR) etc," the statement said.

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