Lok Sabha Question No. 2710 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-17
Subject: Joint Military Exercises
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: NARANBHAI KACHHADIA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2710

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 17 TH  MARCH, 2017

## JOINT MILITARY EXERCISES

2710.  SHRI  NARANBHAI  KACHHADIYA:

Will the Minister of DEFENCE j{kk ea=h be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of joint military exercises conducted with foreign countries during the last three years and the current year, country-wise;
- (b) whether the  Government has  signed defence  agreements  and  conducted  training programmes in various foreign countries during the last three years and the current year; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof, country-wise?

## A    N    S    W    E    R

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

(DR. SUBHASH BHAMRE)

र  ा रा य मं ी

(डा. सुभाष भामरे)

(a) to (c): A statement is attached.

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STATEMENT  REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (c) OF  LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2710 FOR ANSWER ON 17.03.2017

(a) The  details  of  joint  military  exercises  conducted  with  foreign countries during the last three years and the current year are as under: Joint Exercises conducted by Army:

|   S. No. | Country    | Exercise                                 |
|----------|------------|------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Australia  | Ex AUSTRA HIND                           |
|        2 | Bangladesh | Ex SAMPRITI                              |
|        3 | China      | Ex HAND IN HAND                          |
|        4 | France     | Ex SHAKTI                                |
|        5 | Indonesia  | Ex GARUDA SHAKTI                         |
|        6 | Kazakhstan | Ex PRABAL DOSTYK                         |
|        7 | Kyrgyzstan | Ex KHANJAR                               |
|        8 | Maldives   | Ex EKUVERIN                              |
|        9 | Mongolia   | Ex NOMADIC ELEPHANT Ex KHAN QUEST        |
|       10 | Nepal      | Ex SURYA KIRAN (BIANNUAL)                |
|       11 | Oman       | AL NAGAH (SUCCESS)                       |
|       12 | Russia     | Ex INDRA                                 |
|       13 | Seychelles | Ex LAMITIYE                              |
|       14 | Singapore  | Ex AGNI WARRIOR                          |
|       15 | Sri Lanka  | Ex MITRA SHAKTI                          |
|       16 | Thailand   | Ex MAITREE Ex COBRA GOLD (Observer Plus) |
|       17 | UK         | Ex AJEYA WARRIOR                         |
|       18 | USA        | Ex YUDHABHAYAS Ex VAJRA PRAHAR           |

Joint Exercises conducted by Navy:

| S. No.   | Country               | Exercise                                   |
|----------|-----------------------|--------------------------------------------|
| 1.       | Australia             | AUSINDEX                                   |
| 2.       | Brazil & South Africa | IBSAMAR                                    |
| 3.       | Brunei                | ADMM+ Exercise (Multilateral)              |
| 4.       | France                | VARUNA                                     |
| 5.       | Indonesia             | IND-INDO CORPAT (Bi-annual) IND-INDO BILAT |
|          |                       | Ex KOMODO (HADR) (Multilateral)            |

.....2/-

|   6. | Malaysia   | ARF DIREx                    |
|------|------------|------------------------------|
|    7 | Myanmar    | IMCOR                        |
|    8 | Oman       | Naseem-al-Bahr               |
|    9 | Russia     | INDRA NAVY                   |
|   10 | Singapore  | SIMBEX                       |
|   11 | Sri Lanka  | SLINEX                       |
|   11 | Sri Lanka  | IN-SLN SF Exercise           |
|   12 | Thailand   | INDO-THAI CORPAT (Bi-annual) |
|   13 | UK         | KONKAN                       |
|   14 | USA        | MALABAR                      |
|   14 | USA        | RIMPAC (Multilateral)        |

## Joint Exercises conducted by Air Force:

|   S. No. | Country   | Exercise                |
|----------|-----------|-------------------------|
|        1 | France    | Ex GARUDA-V             |
|        2 | Oman      | Ex EASTERN BRIDGE-IV    |
|        3 | Russia    | Ex AVIAINDRA-14         |
|        4 | Singapore | JOINT MILITARY TRAINING |
|        5 | Thailand  | SIAM BHARAT             |
|        6 | UAE       | Ex DESERT EAGLE-II      |
|        7 | UK        | Ex INDRADHANUSH-IV      |
|        8 | USA       | Ex RED FLAG             |

## (b) & (c):

## (1) The  details  of  defence  agreements/MoUs  signed  during  the  last three years and current year are as under:

|   S. No. | Country    | Defence Agreement / MoUs                                                                                                                                         |
|----------|------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Bangladesh | MoU between the Coast Guards for Establishment of Collaborative Relationship to Combat Transnational illegal activities at sea and Develop Regional Cooperation. |
|        2 | Botswana   | MoU on secondment of Indian Armed Forces Personnel to the Botswana Defence Forces.                                                                               |
|        3 | France     | MoU on the Purchase of Rafale.                                                                                                                                   |

......3/-

|   4. | Japan        | Agreement concerning Security measures for the protection of classified Military Information.                                               |
|------|--------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|    4 | Japan        | Agreement concerning Transfer of Defence Equipment and Technology.                                                                          |
|    4 | Japan        | MoU on Defence Cooperation and Exchanges between India and Japan.                                                                           |
|    5 | Kazakhstan   | Agreement on Defence and Military Technical Cooperation.                                                                                    |
|    6 | Kenya        | MoU on Cooperation in the field of Defence Cooperation.                                                                                     |
|    7 | Kyrgyzstan   | Agreement on Defence Cooperation.                                                                                                           |
|    8 | Oman         | MoU on Military Cooperation.                                                                                                                |
|    8 | Oman         | Protocol between the Air Forces on Flight Safety Information Exchange.                                                                      |
|    8 | Oman         | MoU between the Coast Guards in the field of Marine Crime Prevention at Sea.                                                                |
|    8 | Oman         | MoU to cooperate on Maritime Issues.                                                                                                        |
|    9 | Portugal     | MoU on Defence Cooperation.                                                                                                                 |
|   10 | RoK          | Agreement on the Protection of Classified Military Information.                                                                             |
|   11 | Russia       | Agreement for Training of Indian Armed Force Personnel in Military Training Establishment of the Defence Ministry of the Russian Federation |
|   11 | Russia       | Agreement on cooperation in Aircraft Flight Safety.                                                                                         |
|   11 | Russia       | Agreement on Cooperation in the Field of Helicopter Engineering.                                                                            |
|   11 | Russia       | Agreement on supply of S-400 Triumph Air Defence Missile systems to the Republic of India.                                                  |
|   11 | Russia       | Agreement for Construction of follow-on Ships of Project 11356 in Russia and in India.                                                      |
|   12 | Saudi Arabia | MoU on Defence Cooperation.                                                                                                                 |
|   13 | Seychelles   | MoU for cooperation in the field of Hydrography.                                                                                            |
|   13 | Seychelles   | Protocol on Sale of Navigational Charts/Electronic Navigational Charts.                                                                     |
|   14 | Singapore    | Agreement concerning Defence Cooperation.                                                                                                   |
|   15 | Spain        | Agreement on Protection of Classified Information.                                                                                          |

|   16. | Sudan        | Memorandum on Defence Cooperation and Exchanges.                                                                                                                     |
|-------|--------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|    17 | Tanzania     | MoU on cooperation in the field of Hydrography.                                                                                                                      |
|    18 | Turkmenistan | Agreement on cooperation in the field of defence.                                                                                                                    |
|    19 | UAE          | MoU concerning Mutual protection of Classified Information.                                                                                                          |
|    19 | UAE          | MoU on cooperation in the field of Defence Industry.                                                                                                                 |
|    20 | US           | The New Frame Work Agreement for the India- US Defence Relationship (Renewed).                                                                                       |
|    20 | US           | LEMOA- Logistics Exchange Memorandum of Agreement                                                                                                                    |
|    21 | Vietnam      | MoU between Indian Coast Guard and Vietnam Coast Guard for establishment of Collaborative Relationship to Combat Transnational Crime and Develop Mutual Cooperation. |
|    21 | Vietnam      | MoU on Programme of Cooperation between the Vietnam People's Air Force and Air Defence and IAF.                                                                      |

## (2) Armed  Forces  Personnel  attended  training/courses  in  over  30 countries, including following countries, during the last three years and current year:

|   S. No. | Country        |
|----------|----------------|
|        1 | Argentina      |
|        2 | Australia      |
|        3 | Bangladesh     |
|        4 | Brazil         |
|        5 | Brunei         |
|        6 | Canada         |
|        7 | China          |
|        8 | Czech Republic |
|        9 | Egypt          |
|       10 | France         |
|       11 | Germany        |
|       12 | Indonesia      |
|       13 | Israel         |
|       14 | Japan          |
|       15 | Kuwait         |
|       16 | Malaysia       |
|       17 | Nepal          |

|   S. No. | Country           |
|----------|-------------------|
|       18 | Netherlands       |
|       19 | New Zealand       |
|       20 | Nigeria           |
|       21 | Oman              |
|       22 | Philippines       |
|       23 | Republic of Korea |
|       24 | Russia            |
|       25 | Singapore         |
|       26 | Spain             |
|       27 | Sri Lanka         |
|       28 | Switzerland       |
|       29 | Thailand          |
|       30 | Turkey            |
|       31 | UAE               |
|       32 | UK                |
|       33 | USA               |
|       34 | Vietnam           |

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