ISLAMABAD – Chinese Military troops arrive in India for joint counterterrorism drills.

A joint military exercise between India and China – ‘Hand-in-Hand-2019’ oncounter-terrorism commenced at the joint training node at Umroi in India’snorth-eastern state of Meghalaya.

The eighth edition of the joint military exercise will cover company levelJoint Training on counter-terrorism operation in semi-urban terrain underUnited Nations mandate. The exercise will be aimed at building andpromoting positive relations between both the armies.

The 14-day long exercise schedule will also be focused upon training onvarious lectures and drills associated with counter-terrorist handling andfiring with each others’ weapons, battle obstacles course, specialheliborne operations and case studies of various operations carried out incounter-terrorist environment.

“Two tactical exercises are scheduled during the training are acounter-terrorism scenario and the other on Humanitarian and DisasterRelief (HADR) operations,” said a senior official of Indian Army.

The People’s Liberations Army (PLA) contingent comprising 130 personnel ofTibet Military Command arrived at Air Force Station Borjhar, Guwahati. ThePLA contingent later joined the Indian Army’s contingent of similarstrength at Umroi for the exercise.