QuestionConsider the following statements with respect to KAVKAZ 2020:
(1) Both China and Pakistan are going to be a part of the multinational exercise to be held in Russia.
(2) India has announced it’s withdrawl from this multilateral Military Exercise.
Which is/are incorrect?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) None of these
Answer : (d)
Context:
- India has announced that it is withdrawing from multilateral Military Exercise Kavkaz 2020 to be held in Russia.
- Facts:
- India had earlier planned to send around 150 Indian Army troops, 45 Indian Air Force personnel and a number of Navy officers to the multilateral military exercise to be held in the Astrakhan region in southern Russia from 15th to 26th September.
- Both China and Pakistan are going to be a part of the multinational exercise. China’s participation in the exercise was also a reason for India to pull out of the multilateral tri-services military exercise.
- India is locked in a military conflict with the Chinese in eastern Ladakh and on high alert all along the 4,000 kilometre Line of Actual Control (LAC).
By:Arpit Mishra
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