The joint Hand-in-Hand counter-terrorism excercises between India and China started on 12 October, following the arrival of 175 personnel from the Naga Regiment of the Eastern Command in Kunming. An equal number of Chinese personnel from the Chengdu-based 14 Corps are participating in the manoeuvres whose aim is to develop joint operating capability, share useful experience in counter-terrorism operations and to promote friendly exchanges between the armies of India and China. These excercises will continue till October 22.
The aim of the exercise is “to develop joint operating capability, share useful experience in counter-terrorism operations and to promote friendly exchanges between the armies of India and China,” according to the Indian Ministry of Defense.
The Chinese state-run tabloid, Global Times, struck a similar tone saying that China and India “have agreed to enhance their military cooperation, and to boost people-to-people exchanges”.
The units involved on both sides consist of infantry and headquarter elements. “Commanders and Staff Officers of both sides will work in close coordination to receive and collate intelligence and to issue suitable operational orders to the combined field training components, who in turn will execute these orders on ground, “ the Business Standard notes. Joint exercises will include counter-insurgency operations as well as humanitarian assistance and disaster relief.
The aim of the exercise is “to develop joint operating capability, share useful experience in counter-terrorism operations and to promote friendly exchanges between the armies of India and China,” according to the Indian Ministry of Defense.
The Chinese state-run tabloid, Global Times, struck a similar tone saying that China and India “have agreed to enhance their military cooperation, and to boost people-to-people exchanges”.
The units involved on both sides consist of infantry and headquarter elements. “Commanders and Staff Officers of both sides will work in close coordination to receive and collate intelligence and to issue suitable operational orders to the combined field training components, who in turn will execute these orders on ground, “ the Business Standard notes. Joint exercises will include counter-insurgency operations as well as humanitarian assistance and disaster relief.
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