Thailand and the US have begun the Cobra Gold annual multinational military exercise at Phitsanulok of northern Thai province in Thailand.
The exercise will include three components: military field training, humanitarian assistance, and disaster relief training.
It is one of the Asia-Pacific region’s largest multinational military exercises that is held in Thailand every year.
It was first held in 1982 and its headquarters is in Bangkok, Thailand.
This is a Thai-American initiative with an aim to improve coordination between the armed forces.
India joined this exercise for the first time in 2016 while China was admitted for the first time in 2015 but was only allowed to participate in humanitarian assistance training.