ATM AND TNI CONDUCT JOINT MALINDO EXERCISE

KUALA LUMPUR, March 29 (Bernama) -- Malaysia is hosting the joint 'Malindo
Latgabma Darsasa 7AB/2010' Military Exercise from March 25 to April 10 which
involves all the three services of the Malaysian Armed Forces (ATM) and the
Indonesian National Forces (TNI).

The Defence Ministry said in a statement Sunday that the exercise involved
the special forces comprising the Commandos, Special Unit of the Air Force and
the Navy Special Force of the ATM and the TNI.

"The exercise in the peninsular Malaysia and the Straits of Melaka involves
the Forces Integrated Training (FIT), Command Post Exercise (CPX), Field
Training Exercise (FTX), and the Post Exercise Debrief (PXD), the statement
said.

The exercise was being carried out to gauge the capabilities of the ATM and
TNI in conducting joint action to tackle violence in the Malaysian and
Indonesian territories, the statement said.

Meanwhile in BAGAN DATOH, Perak, a northern state in Peninsular Malaysia,
Defence Minister Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said he and the TNI Chief would observe
the 'Darsasa Malindo' exercise in Melaka on April 8.

The Darsasa Malindo joint exercise is held once in two years and previously
it was also participated by the armed forces of Singapore and Thailand.

-- BERNAMA



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