India will take part in the Russian Kavkaz 2020 strategic command-post exercise next month.
The invitees for the exercise also include China and Pakistan apart from other member-states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO).
A small tri-service contingent will take part in the exercise to be held in Astrakhan in southern Russia.
The invitation for participation to Kavkaz 2020, also referred to as Caucasus-2020, has been extended to at least 18 countries including China, Iran, Pakistan and Turkey apart from other Central Asian Republics part of the SCO.
Pakistan is likely to participate but is yet to take a final decision.
In June, India and Chinese military contingents marched at the Victory Day Parade at Red Square in Moscow to mark the 75th anniversary of World War II.
