SRINAGAR, India-controlled Kashmir, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- A team of French Army including military experts in the field of counter militancy Saturday completed a six-day visit to the Battle Schools of India-controlled Kashmir, a statement issued by Indian Defense Ministry's Northern Command said.

    The team arrived in the region on November 16 and was part of the implementation plan for the defense cooperation and exchanges with the Indian Army.

    The visiting team was briefed on the Indian Army's strategies to tackle militancy in the region during their visit to the Battle Schools at Sarol near Rajouri and Khreuh in Srinagar.

    "During this visit to these training establishments the French delegation was briefed in detail about the various functional, training and administrative aspects. The French military officials were demonstrated the finer aspects of battle craft and tactical drills being imparted to the troops to cope up with the challenges of combating insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir.

    The presentations included the methodology of conducting people friendly operations and ensuring maintaining Human Rights in the conduct of counter terrorism operations," said K.S. Rathi, Indian Defense Ministry Spokesman of Northern Command in an official handout to press.

    The French army delegation's visit comes in the backdrop of recent visits of top army officials from various others countries including overt visit of Australian Army Chief, Lt. Gen. Ken J Gillespie, in October and furtive trips of U.S. and Israeli army officials to the region.

    Indian army officials maintain that such joint exercises are carried out to strengthen cooperation and exchange between the armies of different countries.