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Closing ceremony for the seventh Indo-Bangladesh joint exercise SAMPRITI was held at Counter Insurgency and Jungle Warfare School, Vairengte in Mizoram. Exercise SAMPRITI is an important bilateral defence cooperation endeavour between India and Bangladesh.The exercise is aimed at strengthening and broadening the aspects of interoperability and cooperation between the Indian and Bangladesh Armies while working together in a counter-insurgency and counter-terrorism environment under the UN mandate.

In  a  boost  to  its  non-proliferation credentials, India joined the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) at   a   ceremony   in   South   Block. India’s  MTCR  membership  would help in furtherance of international non-proliferation  objectives,  India would  enjoy  full  participation  in organisational  activities,  India  had intensified     efforts     at     gaining membership   of   the   MTCR,   the NSG,   the   Australia   Group   and Wassenaar     Arrangement     since getting  a  waiver  at  the  NSG  in 2008. Membership of these groups would    help    India    trade    more effectively    in    critical    high-tech areas