Mitra Shakti exercise                                             

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Context: India and Sri Lanka will carry out a 12-day mega military exercise with a focus on enhancing counter-terror cooperation.

• The eighth edition of the 'Mitra Shakti' exercise will be conducted at Combat Training School in Sri Lanka's Ampara .
• Aim of the exercise: To promote close relations between armies of both countries and enhance inter-operability and sharing best practices in counter-insurgency and counter-terrorism operations.
• The exercise involves tactical level operations at sub-unit level in an international counter-insurgency and counter-terrorism environment.
• The exercise will go a long way in further strengthening the relationship between both the South Asian nations and will act as a catalyst in bringing synergy and cooperation at the grassroot level between both armies.
• The seventh edition of the Mitra Shakti exercise was conducted at Foreign Training Node (FTN) in Pune in 2019.

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/india-sri-lanka-to-conduct-12-day-military-exercise-focus-on-counter-terror-cooperation/article36788645.ece?homepage=true