The Indian Army contingent will participate in the multi-nation military exercise, ‘ZAPAD 2021’, at Nizhny in Russia from Friday. The 14-day-long activity is aimed at enhancing military and strategic ties amongst the participating nations. ZAPAD 2021 is one of the theatre level exercises of the Russian Armed Forces and will focus primarily on operations against terrorists. Over a dozen countries from the Eurasian and South Asian Regions will participate in this signature event..
About the exercise:
- The exercise aims to enhance military and strategic ties amongst the participating nations while they plan and execute this exercise.
- The Indian contingent has been put through a strenuous training schedule that encompasses all facets of conventional operations including mechanised, airborne and heliborne, counter-terrorism, combat conditioning and firing.
- In all, 17 countries are participating in ZAPAD including Mongolia, Armenia,Serbia, Russia, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, India and Belarus.
- Pakistan, China, Vietnam, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Uzbekistan and Sri Lanka are observers at the exercises.