A 200 personnel-contingent of the Indian Army will participate in ‘ZAPAD 2021’ , a multi-nation military exercise at Nizhnyin Russia, to be held from September 3 to 16. Sources said a small group of officials from the armies of China and Pakistan will be observers in the military exercise. The exercise aims to enhance military and strategic ties amongst the participating nations while they plan and execute this exercise.
Zapad 2021 is one of the theatre-level exercises of the Russian armed forces and will focus primarily on operations against terrorists. The Ministry said that the NAGA Battalion group participating in the exercise will feature an all Arms combined task force. The Indian Contingent has been put through a strenuous training schedule which encompasses all facets of conventional operations including mechanised, airborne and heliborne, counter-terrorism, combat conditioning and firing. Over a dozen countries from the Eurasian and South Asian regions will participate in the signature event. The countries which will participate include Russia, India, Myanmar, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Mongolia, Serbia, Kyrgyzstan, Armenia, Belarus, Nepal, Kazakhstan. ZAPAD 2021 is a 13-day exercise and will end on 16 September. Separately, the Indian and Kazakh armies began a 13-day military exercise on Wednesday.
