Wednesday 9 November 2016

India-Bangladesh Joint Military Exercise SAMPRITI-2016

The sixth edition of India-Bangladesh Joint Military Exercise "SAMPRITI-2016" is being conducted at Tangail, Dhaka, Bangladesh from 05 to 18 November 2016.

The main focus of the 14 days joint military exercise is to practice Counter-Terrorism and Disaster Management Operations and to achieve interoperability in joint operations.

Troops of both the armies would familiarize each other in various tactical drills and procedures.

SAMPRITI exercise is one of the major bilateral defence cooperation initiative between India and Bangladesh, which was started in 2010, with its first edition at Jorhat, Assam.