Identify the correctly matched pair Recent Exercises Countries 1 Indra India amp Russia 2 Kavkaz Ind...........

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Identify the correctly matched pair:

1 only

2&3 only

1&3 only

All of the above

India and Russia are scheduled to hold the bilateral naval exercise, Indra 2020, in the Andaman Sea,close to the Strait of Malacca instead of the Indian Ocean Region (IOR).
The situation arises amid high operational alert by the Indian Navy in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) due to the ongoing standoff with China in Ladakh.
The decision comes just after India withdrew from the Kavkaz-2020 multinational exercise in Russia scheduled for later this month.
While the stated reason for the withdrawal was the COVID-19 pandemic, defence sources had said that it due to the participation of Chinese troops.
In July, frontline warships of the Indian Navy conducted a Passage Exercise (PASSEX) with the U.S. aircraft carrier with USS Nimitz strike group in the same area near the Andaman and Nicobar (A&N) islands as it was transiting the Indian Ocean.
The USS Nimitz was returning from the South China Sea through the Malacca Strait where it undertook freedom of navigation operations.

Hence option 3rd is correct.