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India to host first BIMSTEC war games in September
News:
1-India will host the first military exercise of the BIMSTEC(Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation) group.
Important facts:
2-Theme: Counter-terrorism in semi-urban terrain and cordon and search, and each side will bring in some 30 soldiers.
3-BIMSTEC countries held a disaster management exercise in 2017 but this is the first military exercise of the grouping which brings together important neigbours of India in South and Southeast Asia.
4- Focus areas:
- Counter-terrorism
- To promote strategic alignment among the member-states
- To share best practices in the area of counter-terrorism
5- About BIMSTEC:
- BIMSTEC was set up in 1997.
- Member countries: India, Bangladesh, Bhutan Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Thailand.
