PANEX-21

• PANEX-21 is a Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief Exercise. It is to be held for the BIMSTEC countries.

• It is a multi national disaster relief exercise.

• The exercise is to be held among the BIMSTEC countries: Bhutan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, India and Thailand.

• The main aim of the exercise is to build regional cooperation in responding to natural disasters.

• It is to be conducted in Pune from December 20 to December 22.