India, Uzbekistan 4th Joint Military Exercise ‘Dustlik’.
The fourth joint military exercise between India and Uzbekistan, known as "Dustlik," will take place from February 20 to March 5 in Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand.
As part of a military-to-military exchange programme between the Indian Army and the Uzbekistan Army, the fourth iteration of the biennial training exercise DUSTLIK (2023) will take place in Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand, from February 20, 2023, to March 5, 2023.
The 14th Battalion, The GARHWAL RIFLES, a unit under Western Command, will participate in this bilateral exercise on behalf of the Indian contingent. Soldiers from the Uzbekistan Army’s North Western Military Region will serve as its representatives. Increasing military capability to conduct multi-domain operations in a sub-conventional setting under United Nations Mandate is the goal of this joint exercise.
Key Points
- The fourth iteration of the annual bilateral military drill “Dustlik” with the Uzbekistan Army will feature the Indian Army.
- The Indian Army tweeted that the combined military drill would start on February 20 and end on March 5.
- Importantly, the exercise’s initial iteration took place in Uzbekistan in November 2019.
- The second round, meanwhile, was conducted in India from March 10 to March 19 of 2021 at the Foreign Training Node Chaubatia, Ranikhet.
- The Yangiarik district of Uzbekistan hosted the third iteration of Exercise Dustlik from March 22 to March 29 of that year.
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