India to host first BIMSTEC war games in September

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.