India, Pakistan and China to participate in multination anti-terror exercise “Pabbi-Anti-Terror 2021”

Current GK ( Master) Defence

The member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), including India, Pakistan and China, will hold a joint anti-terrorism exercise named “Pabbi-Anti-Terror 2021” in later 2021.
The exercise will be hosted by Pakistan at its premier anti-terrorism centre in Pabbi in Nowshera district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
It would be the first time that Indian forces will travel to Pakistan for any military exercise.
The decision to hold “Pabbi-Antiterror-2021” was announced during the 36th meeting of the Council of the Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure (RATS) held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on 18 March.
RATS is a permanent organ of the 8-member bloc-SCO to promote cooperation of member states against terrorism, separatism and extremism.
SCO member states include: India, Kazakhstan, China, the Kyrgyz Republic, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan.