IAFTX - 2019

Jan. 24, 2019

The final planning conference to work out the modalities for IAFTX-2019 is being conducted at Pune on 23-24 January 2019. Delegates from Egypt, Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan, South Africa etc. attended the conference.

About:

Full name: IAFTX is an acronym for Indian Africa Field Training Exercise.
Date and venue: IAFTX-2019 is scheduled to be conducted at Aundh Military Station and College of Military Engineering, Pune from 18 March to 27 March 2019.
What is it? It is a joint training exercise being conducted with more than a dozen African countries & India.
Objective: It aims at synergising humanitarian mine action and joint peace operations.
Significance: The IAFTX-2019 is a positive step towards growing political and military ties with the member nations of African continent and will boost the already strong strategic cooperation between the countries.