MOSCOW, September 11 (RIA Novosti) - Over 160 Indian Air Borne troops have arrived in the Pskov Region, in northwestern Russia, to take part in INDRA-2007 joint antiterrorism exercise, a spokesman for the Russian Air Borne Troops said Tuesday.
INDRA-2007 is a biennial Russian-Indian exercise aimed at practicing cooperative engagement in the fight against terrorism. It is the third such exercise since 2003 with the previous exercise being held in the western deserts of India in 2005.
"The paratroopers are currently clearing customs and unloading the cargo plane," Colonel Alexander Cherednik said.
The exercise, which will focus on the detection and elimination of armed terrorist groups, will last through September 11-20.
Military cooperation between the two nations goes back nearly 50 years, with India accounting for about 40% of Russian arms exports. Eighty percent of India's Armed Forces, the second- largest in the region, are equipped with Russian weaponry.
