The 17th Indian Navy (IN) and French Navy (FN) held discussions on the ongoing naval activities and new avenues of cooperation including operational, training and Subject Matter Expert exchanges in New Delhi.
The Indian Navy and Royal Thai Navy (RTN) conducted a maiden bilateral exercise, named 'Ex-Ayutthaya', which symbolises the significance of 'Ayodhya' in India and Ayutthaya in Thailand, that holds historic legacies and has rich cultural ties.
Aiming to bolster defence ties, the United Kingdom will send its Littoral Response Group and to India, and will also deploy Carrier Strike Group in the Indian Ocean Region, in addition to holding multiple joint military exercises and expanding defence cooperation.
The UK has announced its plans to send its Littoral Response Group to the Indian Ocean Region later this year, with plans for the Carrier Strike Group to visit in 2025. Both will operate and train with Indian forces.
The Indian Navy has deployed a total of six warships for anti-piracy and anti-drone operations and more of them will be sent further to tackle the challenge in the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Aden, Indian Navy chief Admiral R Hari Kumar said.
Regarding Maldives not renewing the Hydrographic Survey agreement with India, the Ministry of External Affairs said that India has a proven track record in this field and has been cooperating with many countries in the Indian Ocean region.
Indian Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS) Admiral R Hari Kumar said, "More than 50 warships of extra-regional forces remain deployed in the Indian Ocean Region for various missions, including for anti-piracy patrol off the Gulf of Aden, and the wider Indo-Pacific also has significant naval pr
New Delhi [India], November 2: The Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) has awarded 11 projects across 13 Small Island Developing States (SIDS) as part of its commitment to help the most vulnerable by making infrastructure systems disaster and climate resilient. The project
Indian Navy Chief Admiral Hari Kumar on Tuesday said that the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) cannot be viewed in isolation from wider maritime space around the globe.
Speaking at the event, Admiral R Hari Kumar, the Chief of the Naval Staff, talked about the GMC evolving from a small construct of Principals of Maritime Security agencies to a functional construct that deals with transnational challenges in the Indian Ocean Region.