India withdraws from Russia military exercise, participation of China & Pakistan a factor
India had earmarked 200 military personnel, including 180 soldiers from an infantry battalion and observers from the IAF and the Navy, to take part in the exercise, Kavkaz-2020.
Editorial Staff
India withdraws from Russia military exercise, participation of China & Pakistan a factor New Delhi : India Saturday withdrew from a multilateral military exercise — Kavkaz-2020 — that was scheduled to be held in southern Russia next month as it did not want to perform drills with Chinese soldiers amid tensions at the Line of Actual Control (LAC).
The decision was taken after a high-level military and diplomatic meeting, sources in the defence and security establishment said.
The exercise is to be held in the Astrakhan province of southern Russia between 15 and 27 September, and other participants include Pakistan, among other members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) , an intergovernmental organisation comprising eight Asian nations.
India had planned to send 200 military personnel, including 180 soldiers from an infantry battalion and observers from the IAF and the Navy , to take part in the exercise, also known as Caucasus-20.
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