India is going to participate in a two-week multinational military exercise named 'ZAPAD 2021' at Nizhny in Russia.
Key- highlights of 'ZAPAD 2021' exercise
ZAPAD 2021 is one of the theatre level exercises of the Russian Armed Forces and will focus primarily on operations against terrorists.
The exercise begins at Nizhniy in Russia where the Indian contingent will participate.
Over a dozen countries from Eurasian and South Asian Region will participate in this signature event.
Nine are Participating countries which include Mongolia, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Serbia, Russia, India and Belarus.
The other eight countries are Observing countries which include Pakistan, China, Vietnam, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Uzbekistan and Sri Lanka.
India will be participating in Zapad with a strength of 250 troops.
The NAGA Battalion group participating in the exercise will feature an all Arms combined task force.
The Naga Regiment is an infantry regiment of the Indian Army.
The exercise aims to enhance military and strategic ties amongst the participating nations while they plan & execute this exercise.
India also participated in theexercise TSENTR , which is part of the annual series of large scale exercises that form part of the Russian Armed Forces' annual training cycle.