By J. Berkshire Miller
New Delhi isn’t resting on its laurels. The Indian Defence Ministry said its military is joining Mongolia in two weeks of joint defence exercises from this week. This year’s exercises are taking place in Mongolia, following a series of bilateral military activities last year in India.
The joint exercises were preceded by a visit from one of the Indian Army’s top brass, Gen. Vijay Kumar Singh, who toured Ulan Bator from September 6 to 8. This marks the second time a high-level Indian official has visited the Mongolian capital within the past two months. In late July, Indian President Pratibha Patil was in Ulan Bator to meet with Mongolian President Tsakhia Elbegdorj, where she gushed about the Central Asian state’s emergence as the fastest growing economy in Asia.
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