The BIMSTEC-led joint military exercise 'PANEX-2021' will take place in Pune from December 20 to December 22.
It is a humanitarian aid and disaster relief exercise that takes place in BIMSTEC member countries.
The major goal of this exercise is to strengthen regional collaboration in the event of a natural disaster.
BIMSTEC was founded on June 6, 1997. Its headquarter is in Dhaka (Bangladesh). It has 7 member countries – Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Thailand.