Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and his Uzbekistan counterpart presided over the Curtain Raiser of the first ever India Uzbekistan Joint Exercise Dustlik 2019.
The joint military exercise focused on counter-terrorism starts on November 4 and will continue till November 13, at Chirchiq Training Area near Tashkent.
Defence Minister is in Uzbekistan on a three-day visit.
This is the first visit by an Indian Defence Minister to Uzbekistan in about 15 years.