{"id":351182,"date":"2025-12-03T16:01:01","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T10:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=351182"},"modified":"2025-12-03T16:01:01","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T10:31:01","slug":"exercise-ekuverin-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/exercise-ekuverin-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Exercise EKUVERIN\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News:<\/strong> Exercise EKUVERIN has commenced\u00a0in <strong>Thiruvananthapuram, India<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>About Exercise EKUVERIN\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 543px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/images.moneycontrol.com\/static-mcnews\/2025\/12\/20251202170918_India-Maldives.jpg?resize=543%2C304&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Exercise EKUVERIN\" width=\"543\" height=\"304\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: moneycontrol<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>EKUVERIN<\/strong> is a <strong>bilateral joint military exercise<\/strong> between the <strong>Indian Army<\/strong> and the <strong>Maldives National Defence Force (MNDF)<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">The term <strong>\u201cEKUVERIN\u201d<\/strong> comes from the <em>Dhivehi<\/em> language and means <strong>\u201cFriends\u201d<\/strong>, symbolising mutual trust and friendship.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">The exercise has been conducted <strong>annually since 2009<\/strong>, held <strong>alternately in India and the Maldives<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">This is <strong data-start=\"540\" data-end=\"556\">14th edition<\/strong> of the exercise, which has commenced on <strong data-start=\"570\" data-end=\"590\">December 2, 2025<\/strong> till <strong data-start=\"650\" data-end=\"671\">December 15, 2025<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Participation:<\/strong>\u00a0Both sides have deployed <strong>45 personnel each,<\/strong>\u00a0the Indian contingent coming from a <strong>Garhwal Rifles battalion<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Aim:<\/strong> To <strong>enhance interoperability, coordination, and mutual understanding<\/strong> between the two armies.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Major components include: Tactical drills, <\/strong><strong>Joint mission planning, <\/strong><strong>Exchange of best operational practices and i<\/strong><strong>mproving small-team coordination.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Training will focus on <strong>counter-insurgency (CI)<\/strong> and <strong>counter-terrorism (CT)<\/strong> operations.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Drills are designed <strong>to simulate operations in<\/strong> <strong>jungle, semi-urban, and coastal terrain<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">EKUVERIN-14 reinforces India\u2019s <strong>Neighbourhood First policy<\/strong> and highlights New Delhi\u2019s commitment to <strong>defence cooperation in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR)<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Significance:<\/strong> The exercise <strong>underscores the shared commitment of both nations<\/strong> to <strong>regional peace, stability, and maritime security<\/strong>. It also strengthens strategic ties amidst growing security challenges in the region.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Exercise EKUVERIN has commenced\u00a0in Thiruvananthapuram, India. About Exercise EKUVERIN\u00a0 EKUVERIN is a bilateral joint military exercise between the Indian Army and the Maldives National Defence Force (MNDF). The term \u201cEKUVERIN\u201d comes from the Dhivehi language and means \u201cFriends\u201d, symbolising mutual trust and friendship. The exercise has been conducted annually since 2009, held alternately in&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/exercise-ekuverin-2\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Exercise EKUVERIN\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,11204,12039],"tags":[11872,10498],"class_list":["post-351182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-defence-exercises","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=351182"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351182\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=351182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=351182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=351182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}