The 13th edition of Joint Military Exercise AGNI WARRIOR (XAW-2024), a bilateral exercise between the Indian Army and Singapore Armed Forces.
Military Exercise Agni Warrior 2024
The 13th edition of Joint Military Exercise AGNI WARRIOR (XAW-2024), a bilateral exercise between the Indian Army and Singapore Armed Forces, concluded at Field Firing Ranges, Devlali (Maharashtra) on 30th November 2024. The three-day exercise conducted from 28th to 30th November 2024, witnessed participation by the Singapore Armed Forces contingent comprising 182 personnel from the Singapore Artillery and the Indian Army contingent comprising 114 personnel from the Regiment of Artillery.
The aim of XAW-2024 was to maximise mutual understanding of drills and procedures to achieve jointness as a multinational force under the United Nations Charter.
India-Singapore Ties
The more modern relationship is attributed to Sir Stamford Raffles who, in 1819, established a trading station in Singapore on the route of the Straits of Malacca which later became a crown colony and governed from Kolkata till 1867. After independence, India was one of the first countries to recognize Singapore in 1965.
Singapore is among India’s largest trade and investment partners in ASEAN and accounted for 27.3 % of our overall trade with ASEAN in 2021-22.
Singapore is also the leading source of Foreign Direct Investment into India. The Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA) between India and Singapore was signed in 2005.
India’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI) and Singapore’s Pay Now have been integrated in February 2023 to enable faster Remittances between the two countries.
They have also signed several agreements to enhance their defence ties, such as the Defence Cooperation Agreement (2003) and the Naval Cooperation Agreement (2017).
Military Exercises:
Navy: SIMBEX
Air Force: SINDEX
Army: Bold Kurukshetra
