<span style="color: #222222;">Indian and Chinese troops today concluded the seventh round of counter terrorism military exercises in China's Chengdu city. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">This was India's first military drill with China after the 73-day standoff at Doklam last year. The 'Hand-in-Hand' exercises were not held in 2017 after tensions escalated between the two armies.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">In a tweet, the Indian Embassy in China said that the aim of the exercises is to build closer relations between the militaries of India and China. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The specially-designed drills were in keeping with the spirit of this year's summit at Wuhan between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping to improve ties between the two nations.   </span>