Chinese army contingent reaches Meghalaya for 14-day exercise with India

SHILLONG: A 139-strong contingent of the China’s People’s Liberation Army arrived here on Friday for the joint military exercise with India, officials said.

The eighth India-China joint training exercise — ‘Hand-in-Hand 2019’ — would commence on Saturday at Umroi in

Meghalaya.

Led by Major General Li Shizhong and Senior Col Wang Weijun from the Tibet Military command, the exercise is planned at the company-level with respective battalion headquarters controlling the training, the officials said. (AGENCIES)