India to participate in Kavkaz 2020 exercise in Russia

India gets ready to participate in the Russian Kavkaz 2020 strategic command-post exercise. All the bilateral and multilateral military exercises had been put on hold due to the global pandemic of COVID-19 and now their resumption is starting gradually.

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The Kavkaz 2020 – also referred to as Caucasus-2020 – is an exercise aimed at assessing the ability of the armed forces to ensure military security in Russia’s southwest.

The invitees also include China and Pakistan, apart from other member-states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.

The exercise comes at a time when the tensions between India and China are growing along the Line of Actual Control in Eastern Ladakh.

The exercise is scheduled for September 15-26 and there will be participation from atleast 18 countries in KavKaz 2020 including countries from Central Asian Republics who are part of SCO as well as China, Iran, Pakistan and Turkey.