Shillong: The Umroi cantonment in Meghalaya's Ri Bhoi district is all set to host joint warfare training with the Bangladesh Army from Monday. It plans to host joint training exercises with Myanmar and Chinese armies next year.

A statement from the public relations officer (defence) said the joint training node at Umroi comprises best-in-class training facilities, including an obstacle training course, jungle lane shooting range and world-class infrastructure with a fully computerised and network-enabled warfare centre and top-of-the-line accommodation facilities for foreign armies.

"The concept was envisaged keeping in mind the conducive weather terrain offering optimal training environment and has been developed at par with training centres of leading armies of the world," the statement said.

While the Indian Army has other joint training centres in Belgaum (Karnataka), Vairangte (Mizoram) and Bakloh (Himachal Pradesh), the statement said Umroi is the Eastern Command's first "independent and fully integrated" joint training node for foreign armies.

The infrastructure at the training centre is eco-friendly and confirms to the highest standards maintaining the fragile ecosystem of the Umroi cantonment, it said.

The project was envisaged in Umroi keeping its proximity to Guwahati and Umroi airport in mind.

It was made operationally compliant in a year for hosting Exercise Milap, a multi-nation joint training to be conducted by the Indian Army's Red Horns division under the aegis of Gajraj Corps.

"The joint training node is ready to host the Bangladesh Army for the first-ever joint exercise. Exercises with Myanmar and Chinese armies are planned in the later part of next year," it said.

"The joint training node will pave the way for projecting Meghalaya and Assam on the world map of foreign armies," the statement added.