New Delhi: Indian and Sri Lankan forces will begin a 12-day major military exercise from Monday. It will focus on enhancing counter-terrorism cooperation. According to the Defence Ministry, the eighth edition of the 'Mitra Shakti' exercise will be held from October 4 to October 15 at a combat training school in Ampara, Sri Lanka.

The Defence Ministry said, "The exercise is aimed at enhancing close relations and interoperability between the armies of the two countries and sharing better procedures in extremism and counter-terrorism operations." The Ministry said that an armed contingent of 120 Indian Army personnel will participate in the exercise. The ministry said in a statement that the exercise will have a strategic level of combat at the sub-unit level in the international anti-extremism and counter-terrorism environment.

The Defence Ministry further said that the exercise will prove important in strengthening relations between the two South Asian countries. It will serve as the main source of ground coordination and cooperation between the two armies. Tell us that there were a series of bomb blasts in Sri Lanka in April 2019. More than 300 people lost their lives. It was only after these attacks that India and Sri Lanka increased their counter-terrorism cooperation.

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