The Indian and Sri Lankan military are to hold a joint “anti-terror” exercise in Pune later this week, according to a statement released by New Delhi.
The 14 day exercise, entitled ‘Exercise Mitra Shakti’, will begin on September 29 once the Sri Lankan military contingent arrives in India.
"The aim of the joint training is to share the best military practices and promoting healthy military to military relations between the two armies and developing joint strategies by sharing expertise of conducting operations," said the statement.
The exercise comes following the conclusion of the Annual Indo - Sri Lanka Defence Dialogue, which saw Sri Lanka’s Defence Secretary Karunasena Hettiarachchi and other military personnel visit New Delhi for discussions with India’s Minister of State for Defence Rao Inderjit Singh and the Indian National Security Advisor Ajit K Doval.
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