Dustlik 2023

News

• Recently, the fourth edition of Exercise DUSTLIK between India and Uzbekistan commenced at Pithoragarh in Uttarakhand.
• The Indian army contingent is represented by the GARHWAL RIFLES.

Exercise DUSTLIK

• DUSTLIK is a biennial training exercise held between the armies of India and Uzbekistan.
• It aims at enhancing military capability to undertake multi-domain operations in a Sub Conventional scenario under United Nations Mandate.
• The first edition of the joint military exercise took place in Tashkent in 2019.

Uzbekistan

• It is a doubly landlocked country located in Central Asia. 

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• Key Facts:
  • It is surrounded by five landlocked countries: Kazakhstan to the north; Kyrgyzstan to the northeast; Tajikistan to the southeast; Afghanistan to the south; and Turkmenistan to the southwest. 
  • Its capital and largest city is Tashkent.

India-Uzbekistan Political and  Bilateral relations

• India was one of the first countries to acknowledge the state sovereignty of Uzbekistan after its independence in 1991.
• The bilateral relations encompass political and strategic issues, defence and security, trade and investment, energy, agriculture, Science & technology, education, and people-to-people ties.           

• The diplomatic relations between the two nations have completed 30 years in 2022.
• Uzbekistan and India have signed Agreements/MOUs/ Protocols/Joint Statements in trade, investment, education, civil aviation, tourism, science & technology, telecommunications, agriculture, and IT.                                

Source: BS