Friday 3 July 2020

India Conducts Naval Exercise With Japan In Indian Ocean Region

  India Conducts Naval Exercise With Japan In Indian Ocean Region

 the warships of Indian and Japanese held a small exercise towards the Malacca strait in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) on Saturday (27 June)

Indian Navy's Rajput-class destroyer INS Rana and Kora-class missile corvette INS Kulish took part in the exercise with JS Shimayuki and JS Kashmia of Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Forece's training squadron.

Since 2015, Japan has become a regular participant in the annual "Malabar" naval exercise with India and US.

The "Malabar" exercise is slated to be held later this year in the Bay of Bengal.

Besides, India and Japan have also increased their bilateral military ties with an annual joint land military exercise, "Dharma Guardian", being held since 2018.

India and Japan are now also finalising a reciprocal military logistics agreement to furhter strengthen their strategic partnership.

 

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