By IANS,
New Delhi : India and Russia will hold a counter-terror joint military exercise from Oct 15.
The 10-day Indra-2010 will be held in Uttarakhand, a defence ministry spokesperson said Wednesday.
Counter-insurgency plans in mountainous terrain will be the main focus of the battalion-level drill that will have infantry troops from both the armies.
The Russian contingent will have 257 personnel and the Indian side will be represented by an infantry battalion.
“The exercise will enhance the defence cooperation and military-to-military relations between the two armies,” the spokesperson said.
The first of the Indra exercise series was conducted in India in October 2005 and the second was held in Russia in 2007.
The exercise comes as a meeting of an inter-governmental commission for military and technical cooperation headed by the defence ministers takes place here Thursday.
Defence Minister A.K. Antony and his Russian counterpart Anatoly Serdyukov will meet to discuss defence relations, buying and selling of military hardware and cooperation in military technologies.