Army Exercise Mitra shakti-VI
Army Exercise Mitra shakti-VI
Topics Covered:
- India and its neighbourhood- relations.
- Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and/or affecting India’s interests.
What to study?
For Prelims:
- Salient features of the Mitra Shakti Exercise.
For Mains:
- Significance of the exercise key challenges of insurgency and terrorism, piracy, strengthening of bilateral ties with neighbours
Context:
Exercise MITRA SHAKTI is conducted annually as part of military diplomacy and interaction between armies of India & Sri Lanka. The joint exercise for the year 2018-19 will be conducted from 26 March to 08 April 2019 in Sri Lanka.
Aim of the Exercise
- Build and promote close relations between armies of both the countries
- To enhance ability of joint exercise commander to take military contingents of both nations under command.
- It involves tactical level operations in an international Counter Insurgency and Counter Terrorist environment under United Nations mandate.
- It will go a long way in further cementing relationship between both the nations
- It will act as a catalyst in bringing synergy and cooperation at grassroots levels between both the armies.
Source: PIB