participating in the annual INDRA series of exercise between the two
armies.
Moscow had called off the exercise scheduled to be held in June last
year in Russia. An exercise between the navies of the two sides was
also cancelled after Russia cited the engagement of their ships in
rescue operations in Tsunami-hit Japan.
An Indian Army team is in Russia to hold discussions with its
counterparts to prepare for the INDRA 2012 exercise planned to be held
around the middle of the year there, Army officials said here.
During the visit, the Indian team will also see the area where the
exercises are supposed to be held, they said.
Since 2003, India and Russia have conducted five of the INDRA-series
joint ground and naval exercises. The last such exercise was held
between the two countries' army units in India in October 2010.
Meanwhile, Indian is also engaging armies of Singapore and Indonesia
in war games to learn from each other's experience of counter
insurgency and counter terrorism operations.
A platoon-level exercise, consisting 30 troops, would be held with the
Indonesian Army at the Counter Insurgency and Jungle Warfare School
(CIJWS) at Vairangte in Mizoram from February 12, the officials said.
During the 22-day exercise, troops from Indian and Indonesian armies
will participate in several joint drills and exercise to hone their
skills in counter insurgency and counter terrorism, they added.
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