Indian Army completes joint military exercise in Russia with SCO countries

Orenburg, Sept 25: The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation's (SCO) member states have completed the 12 days long joint training exercise in Orenburg, Russia on Friday. The exercise was the 6th Edition of Exercise PEACEFUL MISSION: 2021 of SCO countries hosted by Russia.

 

The 12-day joint training exercise involving armed forces of all SCO member states was organised with an aim to foster close relations between SCO member states and to enhance the abilities of the military leaders to command multinational military contingents, the Indian Army said in a statement.

 

In this joint multinational exercise which began on 14 September 2021, SCO member nations conducted joint training focusing on combating terrorism. All military contingents took part in the final joint exercise where-in multinational forces exhibited their tactical prowess, combat power and overwhelming dominance over terrorist groups.

 

 

Besides, Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat witnessed the validation exercise on Thursday and expressed great satisfaction over the high standards of synergy and close ties achieved among member states during the exercise, the statement added.

 

The CDS met with the Russian General Staff Army General Valery Gerasimov and discussed issues of bilateral defence cooperation. "General Bipin Rawat CDS is on a two-day visit to Russia. The CDS attended the conference of the Chiefs of General Staff of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation SCO member states in #Orenburg at #Russia," the Army had tweeted.

 

 

"General Bipin Rawat #CDS interacted with the General of the Army Valery Gerasimov, Chief of General Staff, Armed Forces of the Russian Federation & discussed issues of bilateral defence cooperation," it said in a subsequent tweet. This is the first foreign visit of General Rawat after taking over as the CDS.