India-Sri Lanka maritime exercise SLINEX begins in Visakhapatnam
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
THE NINTH edition of the India-Sri Lanka bilateral maritime
exercise SLINEX is underway at Visakhapatnam with an aim to enhance
interoperability and improve mutual understanding between the
navies of the two neighbouring countries in the strategically
significant Indian Ocean Region, Trend reports citing The Indian
Express .
SLINEX (Sri Lanka–India Naval Exercise) is being conducted in
two phases. The first one, the harbour phase at Visakhapatnam on
March 7 and 8, followed by the sea phase on March 9 and 10 in the
Bay of Bengal.
Sri Lanka Navy is being represented by SLNS Sayurala, an
advanced offshore patrol vessel and the Indian Navy by INS Kirch, a
guided missile corvette.
SLINEX aims to enhance interoperability, improve mutual
understanding and also exchange best practices and procedures for
multi-faceted maritime operations between both navies. The harbour
phase includes professional, cultural, sporting and social
exchanges. Exercises during sea phase will include surface and
anti-air weapon firing exercises, seamanship evolutions, aviation
operations including cross-deck flying, advanced tactical
manoeuvres and special forces operations at sea.
In the second week of February, Pune hosted the ninth edition of
the Army to Army Staff Talks (AAST) between delegations from the
Indian Army and Sri Lankan Army held with an aim to bolster
bilateral defence ties between two countries.
Another annual feature of India-Sri Lanka military exercise is
Mitra Shakti. Two years after its 7th edition was held at Foreign
Training Node in Pune in 2019, the 8th edition of India-Sri Lanka
bilateral Joint Exercise, Mitra Shakti was conducted at Combat
Training School, Ampara in Sri Lanka in October last year. The aim
of the exercise is to promote close relations between armies of
both the countries and enhance inter-operability and sharing best
practices in counter insurgency and counter terrorism
operations.
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