CHEBARKUL – Pakistani and Indian soldiers displayed a rare sight when theydanced together on the sidelines of the military drills currently beingconducted in Russia.

Clad in uniforms, the troops tried to overpower each other not in terms ofmilitary might but in terms of who shakes the legs better in tandem withthe feet-tapping songs.

The rare sight was observed Tuesday night as it was marked as “BharatiyaDiwas” during the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation drills. India andPakistan are participating in the drill for the first time since becomingfull members of the SCO in June 2017.

As per the Indian tradition, the Chinese and Pakistani commanders werewelcomed with a ‘tilak’ and ‘arti’. The commanders were also made to wearturbans. After this, the Indian soldiers presented a cultural performance,Indian media reported.

Apart from Punjabi tracks, popular songs of dancer Sapna Chaudhary werealso played at the ceremony that went almost unreported in Pakistan.

On the occasion, Indian contingent commander Brigadier Vikas Lakhera saidthat India wants friendly terms with all the countries participating in theexercise which includes China, Pakistan and Russia among others.

A day earlier both played a volleyball match as well, with India emergingvictorious, though it was just a match, not a war.

In the anti-terror exercise of the Beijing based Shanghai CooperationOrganisation, eight countries have participated in the mock drill beingheld from August 22 to August 29.