KHABAROVSK (Sputnik) — Gordeev added that the two countries agreed on the subjects of the exercise's practical part.
"Representatives of the EMD and Indian Armed Forces have agreed that the drills will take place in the second half of the year at the Sergeyevskiy site in the Primorsky Territory," Alexander Gordeev told reporters.
Russia and India signed a protocol on the drills in the Russian southeastern city of Vladivostok in April.
In November 2015, Russia and India held a joint exercises on counterterrorism. In mid-December, joint Russia-India naval drills, Indra Navy, took place in the Bay of Bengal to practice the surface ships protection.
