SAMPRITI-2016 Indo-Bangla Joint Military Exercise Begins

Indo-Bangla joint military training exercise SAMPRITI commenced on 5 November 2016 at Tangail, Dhaka.
●    This is the sixth edition of the exercise which is hosted alternately by both countries. The exercise is an important bilateral defence cooperation endeavor between the two countries.
●    The exercise will simulate a scenario where both nations are working together in a counter insurgency and counter terrorism environment under the UN Charter.
●    The participants will initially get familiar with each other’s organizational structure and tactical drills during the exercise.
●    Subsequently, the training will advance to joint tactical exercises wherein the battle drills of both the armies will be practiced.
●    The training will culminate on 18 November 2016 with a final validation exercise in which troops of both armies will jointly practice a counter terrorist operation in a controlled and simulated environment.