The joint Russian-Indian "Indra-2016" military exercises are to be conducted at the Sergeyevsky firing range in Russia's Far Eastern Primorye region, Russia's Eastern Military District (EMD) said Thursday.

EMD troops participated in "Indra" drills in the Siberian republic of Buryatia in 2012 and at India's Mahajan field firing range in 2013, said the EMD in a statement.

According to EMD's district commander, EMD troops will take part in nine international exercises in 2016.

"The next year will be more abundant in terms of international military cooperation, troops are planned to take part in nine exercises," Col. Gen. Sergei Surovikin said at a military council session Friday.

Exercises with China, Japan, Mongolia, Vietnam, as well as three drills with India, were planned for 2016, said Surovikin. This year, the commander said EMD servicemen took part in three drills, with one planned for next month. Endi

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