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WHAT HAPPENED RECENTLY?
To promote Military cooperation, India and Japan are all set to hold the first ever joint military exercise ‘DHARMA GUARDIAN-2018’ involving the Indian Army and Japan Ground Self Defence Force.
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WHAT HAPPENED RECENTLY?
To promote Military cooperation, India and Japan are all set to hold the first ever joint military exercise ‘DHARMA GUARDIAN-2018’ involving the Indian Army and Japan Ground Self Defence Force.
EXERCISE DHARMA GUARDIAN- 2018
The Indian contingent will be represented by 6/1 GORKHA RIFLES while the Japanese contingent will be represented by 32 Infantry Regiment of the Japanese Ground Self Defence Force. During the 14 day long exercise, due emphasis will be laid on increasing interoperability between forces from both countries.
EXERCISE DHARMA GUARDIAN- 2018
Both sides will jointly train, plan and execute a series of well developed tactical drills for neutralisation of likely threats that may be encountered in urban warfare scenario. Experts from both sides will also hold detailed discussions to share their expertise on varied operational aspects.
INDIA AND JAPAN HAVE CLOSE MILITARY TIES
- They have shared interests in maintaining the security of sea-lanes in the Asia-Pacific and Indian Ocean, and in cooperation for fighting international crime, terrorism, piracy and proliferation of weapons of mass destruction
- The two nations have frequently held joint military exercises and co-operate on technology. India and Japan concluded a security pact on 22 October 2008.
ABOUT THE SECURITY PACT
Japan and India have declared themselves “special strategic and global partners”. Japan signed a security declaration agreement with India in 2008, only the second of its kind, outside the Japan–US security treaty, after the security declaration agreement made with Australia in 2007
IMPORTANCE OF THE EXERCISE
The exercise will be another step in deepening strategic ties including closer defence cooperation between the two countries. It will contribute immensely in developing mutual understanding and respect for each other’s militaries and also facilitate tracking the worldwide phenomenon of terrorism.
INDIA – JAPAN FRIENDSHIP
- Japan is heavily involved in India’s infrastructure development projects. More than US$10 billion in Japanese aid – the largest sum Tokyo has ever invested in a single project through its foreign aid program – has been committed to build the first high-speed railway in India.
- For its part, India is giving Japan exclusive access to its sensitive northeast region and to the Andaman Islands for the development of infrastructure facilities.
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