The navies of India and Greece held a joint passing exercise (PASSEX) off the coast of Mumbai, which enhanced maritime interoperability between the two countries, the Indian Navy Spokesperson said in a post on Friday.
The warship has been designed and built as per the classification rules of the Indian Register of Shipping (IRS). The ship is highly specialised and can undertake Deep-Sea Diving and Rescue Operations - a capability held by select Navies across the globe.
The Indian Navy's maiden initiative of Indian Ocean Ship Sagar, jointly crewed by personnel from nine IOR (Indian Ocean Region) Navies, concluded its month-long deployment in the SW IOR region and returned to Kochi on Thursday.
With India looking to finalise the Rafale Marine shortly, a top French officer said on Saturday that having the same fighter aircraft will bring two forces together.
According to the MoD, the visit aims to explore further avenues for collaboration between the two navies. Over the past 12 months, three Indian Navy ships--Tabar, Tarkash, and Sumedha--have visited Casablanca, significantly enhancing mutual trust and interoperability.
As part of the ongoing harbour activities during the Multilateral Maritime Exercise 'Malabar 2024', participating navies of India, Australia, Japan, and the US had been actively engaged in various collaborative events since October 9 at Andhra Pradesh's Visakhapatnam under the coordination o
"The visit is a testimony to the longstanding relationship between the navies of Russia and India. The visit aims to strengthen bilateral naval relations between India and Russia as well as explore new avenues for naval cooperation," the Ministry of Defence stated in a press release.
Captain MR Harish, the Commanding Officer of INS Tabar informed Key about the capabilities of the ship and the aim of Operational Deployment fostering relations between both navies