SunstarTV Bureau: The eighth edition of India-Sri Lanka bilateral joint Exercise Mitra Shakti will take place at Combat Training School, Ampara in Sri Lanka from October 4 to 15.
A contingent of 120 personnel of the Indian Army will participate in the exercise along with a battalion of the Sri Lankan Army, the Ministry of Defence informed.
“The aim of the exercise is to maintain close relations between both the armies and enhance inter-operability and sharing best practices in counter-insurgency and counter-terrorism operations,” the statement said.
The last edition of Exercise Mitra Shakti was conducted at Foreign Training Node (FTN)in Maharashtra, India back in 2019.
