India and China to Conduct 'Hand-in-Hand' Military Drill in Meghalaya

Guwahati, July 21, 2019:

The 18th edition of India and China military drill “Hand-in-Hand” will be held in Umroi near Shillong, Meghalaya.

The drill has been resumed last year after a freeze over the Doklam stand-off.

The 17th edition was held in Chengdu in December 2018.

In the drill to be held this year, the two forces will focus on counter-terror operations, the establishment of the joint command post and joint combat drill though a detailed planning meeting which will be held in August.

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The military drill, “Hand-in-Hand” was initiated in the year 2007 in Kunming, but was halted after the Chinese troops came to Belgaum in Karnataka for the second edition. The exercised resumed later in 2013 as New Delhi and Beijing had suspended their military ties.

After the 6th edition in Pune in 2016, the exercise again got derailed because of the 73-day stand-off between the two forces in the Doklam area of Sikkim where the troops from both sides came face to face.

The situation was eased last year and the troops of the two sides interacted once again in China.

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