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India - Press Information Bureau

MARITIME COOPERATION WITH REGIONAL PARTNERS

India - Press Information Bureau

Ministry of Defence

Posted On: 21 MAR 2022 2:40PM by PIB Delhi

Government has developed maritime cooperation with regional partners in consonance with Government's vision of Security and Growth for all in the Region (SAGAR). Indian Navy (IN) ships and aircraft are regularly deployed in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) to enhance maritime security and to address contingencies that may arise. In consonance with the Prime Minister's vision of 'SAGAR', IN has undertaken 08 missions to 16 Friendly Foreign Countries for transshipment of HADR relief materials, COVID supplies and food assistance. To enhance maritime cooperation, initiatives are being undertaken in the field of training, technical support, hydrography and conduct of maritime security operations.

Indian Navy has established presence in IOR with IN ships through Mission Based Deployments with the objective of undertaking sustained surveillance to enhance Maritime Domain Awareness, address military challenges, pursue Navy-to-Navy Foreign Cooperation initiatives and tackle contingencies such as piracy, drug/arms trafficking, natural calamities etc. IN maintains around the year presence in Gulf of Aden, Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman, Approaches to Malacca Strait, Central and South Indian Ocean etc. including Air Surveillance.

In the last two years, Indian Navy has deployed ships to 16 Friendly Foreign Countries. These deployments spanned over 215 days at sea, have delivered a cumulative assistance of more than 3,000 MT of food aid, over 300 MT Liquid Medical Oxygen, 900 Concentrators and 20 ISO containers.

The operational interactions with friendly foreign countries are as under:

Activities Details
(i) Joint Exclusive Economic Zone Surveillance Maldives, Mauritius and Seychelles. MoU has been signed with Mozambique
(ii) Coordinated Patrols Bangladesh, Indonesia, Myanmar and Thailand
(iii) Maritime Exercise with Friendly Foreign Countries Placed at Annexure

Annexure

The details of exercises undertaken with friendly foreign countries are tabulated below:-

Sl. No. Country Exercise Periodicity
Bilateral Exercises
1. Australia AUSINDEX Biennial
2. Bangladesh IN-BN BILAT Annual
3. Bangladesh IN-BN SF Exercise Annual
4. France VARUNA Annual
5. Indonesia IND-INDO BILAT Annual
6. Japan JIMEX Biennial
7. Malaysia IN-RMNBILAT Biennial
8. Maldives Ex Ekatha Annual
9. Myanmar IN-MN BILAT Annual
10. Oman IN-RNOBILAT Biennial
11. Qatar IN-QENFBILAT Biennial
12. Russia INDRA Navy Biennial
13. Saudi Arabia IN-RSNF Bilateral Annual
14. Singapore SIMBEX Annual
15. Sri Lanka SLINEX Annual
16. Sri Lanka IN-SLN SF Ex Annual
17. UAE IN-UAENBILAT Biennial
18. UK KONKAN Annual
19. USA Ex Sangam (SF) Annual
20. USA SALVEX (Salvage) Annual
21. Vietnam IN-VPN BILAT Annual
Multilateral Exercises
1. Australia (lead), Multilateral KAKADU Biennial
2. India (lead), Multilateral MILAN Biennial
3. Indonesia (lead), Multilateral KOMODO Biennial
4. IONS Member Nations IONS Exercise Annual
5. Israel (lead), Multilateral Mighty Shield Annual
6. Japan, USA EOD Ex 2-JA Annual
7. USA (lead), Multilateral CUTLASS Express Annual
8. USA (lead), Multilateral IMX Annual
9. US, SE Asian countries, France, Australia WPNS Annual
10. USA (lead), Multilateral RIMPAC Biennial
11. USA (lead), Multilateral Sea Dragon Annual
12. Australia (lead), Multilateral Black Carillion Annual
13. Australia, Japan, US MALABAR Annual
14. France (lead), US, Japan, Australia, India La Perouse Annual
15. Singapore, Thailand SITMEX Annual
16. Brazil, South Africa IBSAMAR Biennial
17. Singapore, SE Asian States MARISX Biennial
18. US, SE Asian countries SEACAT Annual
Tri-Service Exercises
1. ADMM Plus countries ADMM Plus As Scheduled
2. Russia INDRA (Tri Service) Biennial
3. Russia VOSTOK Annual
4. Thailand Ex Cobra Gold Annual
5. USA Ex Tiger Triumph Annual

This information was given by Raksha Rajya Mantri Shri Ajay Bhatt in a written reply to Shri YS Chowdary in Rajya Sabha on March 21, 2022.

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