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The 14th variation of the Joint Military Exercise, EKUVERIN, betwixt the Indian Army and the Maldives National Defence Force (MNDF) commenced connected Tuesday (December 2, 2025) successful Thiruvananthapuram.
The Ministry of Defence informed that the bilateral grooming engagement, scheduled from December 2 to 15, brings unneurotic a 45-member Indian Army contingent from a Garhwal Rifles battalion and an equal-strength MNDF contingent.
Derived from the Dhivehi connection for “Friends”, EKUVERIN symbolises the longstanding bonds of trust, friendship, and subject practice betwixt India and the Maldives. The exercise, held alternately successful some countries since 2009, remains a cornerstone of India’s neighbourhood archetypal argumentation and underlines New Delhi’s committedness to strengthening defence partnerships successful the Indian Ocean Region, it added.
‘Enhance interoperability’
It further said that implicit the adjacent 2 weeks, troops from some nations volition prosecute successful associated grooming to heighten interoperability and operational synergy successful counter-insurgency and counter-terrorism (CI/CT) operations crossed jungle, semi-urban, and coastal terrain. The workout volition see tactical drills, associated ngo planning, and speech of champion practices, aimed astatine improving coordinated responses to shared information challenges.
EKUVERIN-14 highlights the expanding defence practice betwixt India and the Maldives and reaffirms their shared committedness to determination peace, stableness and maritime information successful the Indian Ocean Region.
