<p>More than a year after the Doklam crisis, the armies of India and China are set to resume their annual bilateral military exercise Hand-in-Hand next week.</p>.<p>“The joint exercise will be held between December 10-23 at Chengdu in China. Troops from the Indian side have been selected from 11 Sikh Light Infantry regiment of Indian Army while troops from a unit in the Tibetan military district will be taking part from the Chinese side,” an Indian Army spokesperson said here in a statement.</p>.<p>After the ceremonial events, the exercise would commence from Dec 11 during which both contingents would establish a Joint Command headquarters and launch anti-terror operations. The exercise will involve tactical level counter-insurgency, counter-terrorism operations under the UN mandate.</p>.<p>The annual drill couldn't take place last year due to the Doklam face-off as border guarding troops from both sides stood face to face on the issue of constructing a road on a disputed piece of land near the India-China-Bhutan border.</p>.<p>While the crisis was resolved after 72 days, it took several more high-level meetings between the two neighbours to improve the bilateral relations.</p>.<p>The 2016 edition of the war game was held in Pune while the 2015 drill took place in Kunming, the capital of southwestern China's Yunnan province. The Hand-in-Hand series of army exercise began in 2007 as one of the confidence-building measures between the two military that fought a bitter war in 1962.</p>.<p>The annual drill was suspended for four years after the first two editions in Kunming (2007) and Belgaum (2008), because of a diplomatic row on multiple visa issues, compounded by border frictions.</p>
<p>More than a year after the Doklam crisis, the armies of India and China are set to resume their annual bilateral military exercise Hand-in-Hand next week.</p>.<p>“The joint exercise will be held between December 10-23 at Chengdu in China. Troops from the Indian side have been selected from 11 Sikh Light Infantry regiment of Indian Army while troops from a unit in the Tibetan military district will be taking part from the Chinese side,” an Indian Army spokesperson said here in a statement.</p>.<p>After the ceremonial events, the exercise would commence from Dec 11 during which both contingents would establish a Joint Command headquarters and launch anti-terror operations. The exercise will involve tactical level counter-insurgency, counter-terrorism operations under the UN mandate.</p>.<p>The annual drill couldn't take place last year due to the Doklam face-off as border guarding troops from both sides stood face to face on the issue of constructing a road on a disputed piece of land near the India-China-Bhutan border.</p>.<p>While the crisis was resolved after 72 days, it took several more high-level meetings between the two neighbours to improve the bilateral relations.</p>.<p>The 2016 edition of the war game was held in Pune while the 2015 drill took place in Kunming, the capital of southwestern China's Yunnan province. The Hand-in-Hand series of army exercise began in 2007 as one of the confidence-building measures between the two military that fought a bitter war in 1962.</p>.<p>The annual drill was suspended for four years after the first two editions in Kunming (2007) and Belgaum (2008), because of a diplomatic row on multiple visa issues, compounded by border frictions.</p>
