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- Member states of the SCO will participate in the joint military drill named ‘Peace Mission 2018’.
- The exercises are biannual, multinational drills with the goal of enhancing counterterrorism coordination and cooperation among the eight member countries.
- Indian and Pakistani armies are taking part for the first time will help ease tensions between the two neighbours and promote positive interactions.
- The last exercise of the SCO was held in Kyrgyzstan in September 2016.
- The 2018 exercise will be the first for India and Pakistan since becoming full members of the SCO in 2017
- It also will be the first time India and Pakistan take part in a military exercise together since their independence, though their militaries have previously worked on United Nations peacekeeping missions
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