By Editorial India was ready to participate in these exercises last year as well, but India withdrew from this multilateral exercise due to the Chinese People’s Liberation Army’s efforts to unilaterally change the Line of Actual Control.
Highly trained Indian military contingents of the Indian Army and Air Force will go to Russia for the counter-terrorism exercise to be held as part of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization peacekeeping mission. (signal photo)
Highly trained Indian military contingents of the Indian Army and Air Force will go to Russia for the counter-terrorism exercise to be held as part of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization peacekeeping mission. Defense officials said that around 200 soldiers of the Indian Army, Air Force and Navy will be in Orenburg, Russia for the SCO Peace Mission counter-terrorism exercise.
The armies of India’s neighboring countries China and Pakistan are also participating in it. He said that the exercise starting this week will go on till September 26 and all the participants will do counter-terrorism exercises in it. India was ready to participate in these exercises last year as well, but India withdrew from this multilateral exercise due to the Chinese People’s Liberation Army’s efforts to unilaterally change the Line of Actual Control.
Indian Army personnel currently participating in ZIPAD-21 military exercise
Indian Army personnel are currently participating in the ZAPAD-21 military exercise in Russia, where Chinese and Pakistani armies are present as observers. India is trying to find a solution to the challenge faced by the Sino-Pakistani pair over New Delhi’s role in Afghanistan after the Taliban captured Kabul. The new Afghan government, backed by China and Pakistan, is known for its anti-India stance, but some Taliban leaders have shown keen interest in maintaining good relations with India.
Military exercise stirred neighboring countries
At the same time, more than 2,00,000 soldiers are involved in the Zapad military exercise and due to this there is a lot of tension in the neighboring countries of Ukraine and Poland. For the first time since the fall of communism in 1989, Poland has declared a state of emergency on its eastern border due to military exercises. On the eve of the exercise, Putin said Zapad is a defensive exercise, not an offensive one. On Sunday, Lukashenko also repeated the same thing. Lukashenko said that we are not targeting neighboring countries with our rockets. This is for your own protection. Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to visit the military site on Monday to meet soldiers.
Also read- Belarus-Russia military exercise, seeing modern weapons stir in neighboring countries, Putin said – military drill is defensive
Also read- SCO Summit: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will participate in SCO summit on 16 September, these important issues can be discussed
.
