The first-ever joint India- Africa military training exercise will take place in Pune in March this year with nine countries in participation. The final planning conference to work out the modalities for the endeavour named Indian- Africa Field Training Exercise(IFTX-2019) took place in Pune for two days ending on Wednesday.
Giving details of the exercise with the objective of synergising humanitarian action and joint peace actions, Army officials said here on Wednesday officials from Egypt, Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan, South Africa, Tanzania, Namibia, Mozambique, Uganda, Niger & Zambia attended the conference.
Indian Africa Field Training Exercise (IAFTX)-2019 is scheduled to be conducted at Aundh Military Station and College of Military Engineering, Pune from 18 March to 27 March 2019.