<p class="title">A 139-member contingent of China's People's Liberation Army arrived here on Friday for the joint military exercise with India, officials said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The eighth India-China joint training exercise -- 'Hand-in-Hand 2019' -- would commence on Saturday at Umroi in Meghalaya.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Led by Major General Li Shizhong and Senior Col Wang Weijun from the Tibet Military command, the Chinese contingent will take part in the exercise planned at company-level with respective battalion headquarters controlling the training, the officials said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The 14-day exercise is aimed at practising joint planning and conduct of counter-terror operations in semi-urban terrain, according to defence spokesperson Wing Commander Ratnakar Singh.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The exercise is focused on training through various lectures and drills associated with counter-terrorist handling and firing with each others' weapons, battle obstacles course, special heliborne operations and case studies of various operations carried out in counter-terror environment, the officials said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Two tactical exercises scheduled during the training are counter-terrorism scenario and Humanitarian and Disaster Relief (HADR) operations, a statement from the Indian Army said. </p>
<p class="title">A 139-member contingent of China's People's Liberation Army arrived here on Friday for the joint military exercise with India, officials said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The eighth India-China joint training exercise -- 'Hand-in-Hand 2019' -- would commence on Saturday at Umroi in Meghalaya.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Led by Major General Li Shizhong and Senior Col Wang Weijun from the Tibet Military command, the Chinese contingent will take part in the exercise planned at company-level with respective battalion headquarters controlling the training, the officials said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The 14-day exercise is aimed at practising joint planning and conduct of counter-terror operations in semi-urban terrain, according to defence spokesperson Wing Commander Ratnakar Singh.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The exercise is focused on training through various lectures and drills associated with counter-terrorist handling and firing with each others' weapons, battle obstacles course, special heliborne operations and case studies of various operations carried out in counter-terror environment, the officials said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Two tactical exercises scheduled during the training are counter-terrorism scenario and Humanitarian and Disaster Relief (HADR) operations, a statement from the Indian Army said. </p>