India-Indonesia joint exercise
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, February 21 2015 :
Exercise Garuda Shakti-III, the 3rd exercise in the ongoing series of joint exercises between armies of India and Indonesia was conducted at Counter Insurgency and Jungle Warfare School at Vairengte, Mizoram from Feb 9 to 21 .
The exercise aims at building and promoting positive military to military relations between the armies of the two Nations.
The scope includes sharing experience in counter terrorism and conduct of joint counter insurgency training at platoon level aimed at neutralizing of terrorist threat, said a statement issued by the PRO (Defence), Imphal.
Indian Army was represented by troops from an Indian Infantry Battalion and Special Forces unit while personnel from 432 Battalion Kostrad Infantry (Airborne) and Gp I & Gp II of the Special Forces represented the Indonesian contingent.
The joint training was aimed at enhancing the knowledge of each other's military experience, skills and techniques and thereby enhancing the aspect of interoperability and responsiveness to a common threat in the future.
The exercise will go a long way in further strengthening the historical and diplomatic ties between both the Nations, it said.