By Franz-Stefan Gady
Beijing and New Delhi are conducting counter-terror drills in China’s Yunnan province.
On October 12, the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and Indian Army (IA) began a joint counter-terrorism exercise, codenamed Hand-in-Hand 2015, at Kunming Military Academy in Yunnan province located in southwestern China, according to local media reports.
The Hand-in-Hand 2015 counter-terrorism drill, the fifth held since 2007, involves 175 soldiers from the Indian Army’s Naga Regiment of the Eastern Command and 144 military personnel from China’s Chengdu Military Area Command and will continue till October 22 The Hindu reports.
The aim of the exercise is “to develop joint operating capability, share useful experience in counter-terrorism operations and to promote friendly exchanges between the armies of India and China,” according to the Indian Ministry of Defense.
The Chinese state-run tabloid, Global Times, struck a similar tone saying that China and India “have agreed to enhance their military cooperation, and to boost people-to-people exchanges”.
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