Bhutan is to participate in multi-nation joint exercise

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NEW DELHI, 3 April, 2021 (TON):  In a first multi-nation venture, joint exercise including Bhutan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and India will be held from 4 April to 12 April.

To commemorate Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur’s birth anniversary, the exercise called `Shantir Ogroshena (front runner of peace) will be held in Bangladesh.

An officer said, “The Indian Army contingent of 30 personnel including officers, junior commissioned officers and jawans from the Dogra Regiment will participate in the exercise along with contingents from the Royal Bhutan Army, Sri Lankan Army and Bangladesh Army.”

It was added, “The theme of the exercise is robust peacekeeping operations.”

However, the exercise will also be attended by the military observers from the U.S., UK, Turkey, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Singapore.

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