The maiden joint military exercise ‘Sada Tanseeq’ between the Indian Army and the Royal Saudi Land Force concluded at Mahajan Field Firing Ranges on Friday. A formal closing ceremony was held which give both sides an opportunity to “reflect upon the lessons learnt”.
The 12 day joint exercise from January 29 to February 9 aimed to achieve interoperability between the two forces and acquaint each other with operational procedures and combat drills under UN mandate, Col. Amitabh Sharma, Defence Spokesperson in Jaipur said in a statement. The validation phase of the exercise was successfully completed on Thursday.
The Indian contingent of the 20th Battalion of The Brigade of Guards Regiment and the Saudi Arabian contingent comprising a group of 45 soldiers of Royal Saudi Land Force participated in the exercise which was conducted in two phases. The first phase focused on combat conditioning and tactical training and the second phase culminated in physical exercises and validation, the statement said.
