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As a result of these two incidents, India will not be inviting the Pakistan Army to the United Nations (UN) Troop Contributor Chief Conclave, scheduled to take place in October this year in New Delhi. According to sources, China's PLA is also not invited.
The United Nations (UN) Troop Contributor Chief Conclave will include an integrated firepower demonstration on the third day at the Pokhran Field Firing Range near the India-Pakistan border. It will be a four-day event. What is the UN Peacekeeping Mission?
In this conference, the Indian Army is going to invite the heads of the armies of those countries that send their soldiers to the UN Peacekeeping Mission. At present, a total of 11 missions of the United Nations are going on across the world. Armies from about 120 countries are participating in these missions. Most of the soldiers currently deployed in the UN Peacekeeping Mission are from India, Bangladesh, Nepal and Pakistan. What is special about this year's UN Conclave?
For the first time, the Indian Army is going to organise such a UN Conclave. But Pakistani Army Chief Asim Munir has not been invited for this very special conference. Asim Munir is said to be the mastermind of the Pahalgam massacre carried out by the Pakistani terrorist organisation Lashkar-e-Taiba's offshoot, TRF (The Resistance Force). Indian Army's current deployment
At present, about five thousand (5000) soldiers of the Indian Army are deployed in 9 out of 11 missions of the United Nations. The Indian Army is deployed from civil war-torn Sudan and Congo to the disputed Golan Heights between Israel-Syria-Lebanon. Many times, soldiers of India and Pakistan are deployed together in these missions. But after the Pahalgam attack, the Indian Army has decided to completely sever ties with the Pakistani Army.
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