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Indian Navy ends jam-packed year with Vietnamese Navy in South China Sea

Indian Navy undertook a "passage exercise" with the Vietnamese Navy in the South China Sea from December 26 to 27 as part of efforts to boost maritime cooperation between the two countries.



The navies of India and Vietnam carried out a passage exercise or PASSEX in the South China Sea on December 26 and 27 as Indian Navy Kiltan returned from Ho Chi Minh City delivering relief material to the country for its flood-affected areas.

Indian has been carrying out a series of exercises with friendly nations in the seas amid the increasing influence of the Chinese Navy in the Indian Ocean region.

PASSEX between Indian Navy and Vietnam People's Navy on December 26, 2020, is part of reinforcing maritime interoperability and jointness.

Earlier this month, Indian & Russian navies carried out a two-day passage exercise (PASSEX) in the Eastern Indian Ocean Region (IOR) from December 4-5.

A similar exercise was carried out by the US Navy earlier and it is part of Indian Navy’s outreach programme to work closely with friendly nations.

As part of Indian government’s vision of SAGAR (Security And Growth for All in the Region), the Indian Navy has been proactively engaging with countries in the Indian Ocean region for coordinated patrols, cooperation in EEZ Surveillance, passage exercises and bilateral/multilateral exercises -- all towards enhancing regional maritime security

The 35th edition of the India-Indonesia Coordinated Patrol (IND-INDO CORPAT) between the Indian Navy and the Indonesian Navy was conducted from December 17-18, 2020. Indian Naval Ship (INS) Kulish, an indigenously built missile corvette along with P8I Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA) carried out a coordinated patrol with Indonesian Naval Ship KRI Cut Nyak Dien, a Kapitan Pattimura (Parchim I) class corvette and an MPA of the Indonesian Navy.

Recently, the four-nation Malabar Exercise was conducted in the Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea where navies of the US, Japan, Australia and India participated. Australia’s participation after 13 years was significant as the QUAD nations got together for war games in the seas.

Indian Navy participated in 13 bilateral and multilateral exercises, this year. As part of the Government of India’s vision of ‘Neighbourhood First’, the Indian Navy undertook Joint EEZ surveillance with Maldives, Seychelles and Mauritius, as well as Coordinated Patrols (CORPATs) with Bangladesh, Thailand and Indonesia.



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