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8th Indo- Seychelles Army exercise (February 24 - March4)
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- The eighth joint military exercise between the Indian Army and Seychelles People’s Defence Forces started on Feb 24 and will continue till March 4 at Mahe Island, Seychelles.
- Indo-Seychelles counter insurgency and counter terrorism exercise is named 'Lamitye', which means friendship.
- This exercise is the eighth in the series of bilateral exercises being conducted in the beautiful island nation.
- India and Seychelles have been conducting this joint exercise since 2001.
- The exercise is conducted biennially with the aim of enhancing military cooperation and interoperability between the two countries on counter-insurgency and counter-terrorist operations.
- The focus of the ongoing exercise is to conduct counter-insurgency and counter-terrorist operations in semi-urban environment under the United Nations (UN) Charter.
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