‘Dosti’ is a four-day tripartite exercise
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Seeking to enhance maritime security and interoperability, coast guard personnel from India, Maldives and Sri Lanka have commenced a four-day trilateral exercise to identify emerging maritime challenges in the Indian Ocean region.
Indian Coast Guard ship Samarth and ICGS Abhinav, along with Sri Lanka Naval Ship Samudura, arrived here on Thursday for Exercise ‘Dosti-16’ to be held between February 22 and 25. Bangladesh is participating as an observer.
under maritime exercise #Sufficient -XVI includes five coast guard ships #India, #Maldives And #Sri Lanka Held in Male today, #Maldives, @giridhararamane@MEAIndia@HCIMaldives@MNDF_Officialpic.twitter.com/D6TJeE8rez
– Indian Coast Guard (@IndiaCoastGuard) 24 February 2024
MNDF welcomes participating ships from India and Sri Lanka for the trilateral joint exercise “Dosti-16” from 22-25 February. Coast guards from Maldives, India and Sri Lanka, along with observers from Bangladesh, participate in this biennial event to enhance cooperation between the militaries. pic.twitter.com/csAF51qTTl
– Maldives National Defense Force (@MNDF_Official) 22 February 2024
The Coast Guard helicopter ICGS Dornier is also part of the trilateral exercise ‘Dosti’, which Sri Lanka has said is aimed at enhancing cooperation, strengthening friendship, improving mutual operational capability and developing interoperability between the Coast Guard personnel of India, Maldives and Sri Lanka. To do. ,
Maldives National Defense Force (MNDF) warmly welcomed ADG S Paramesh, Additional Director General of the Indian Coast Guard, late Thursday evening.
“Upon his (Parmesh) arrival at VIA, he was welcomed by Colonel Mohammed Saleem, Commandant, MNDF Coast Guard,” a post on Twitter by the MNDF said.
“The Commanding Officers of both ICG ships called on the Commandant MNDF CG and discussed mutual avenues of cooperative relations,” the Indian Coast Guard said in a post on Twitter.
The ICG ships will participate in a number of activities and a joint maritime exercise with the Sri Lanka Coast Guard and Maldives National Defense Force.
The Indian Mission in Maldives described the 16th edition of the India-Maldives-Sri Lanka trilateral exercise ‘Dosti’ as a “regional synergy to enhance maritime security and interoperability”.
Earlier, a Sri Lankan Navy release before its ship departed for the Maldives had said: “Participating in such exercises will allow the Sri Lankan Navy to enhance cooperation and interoperability with other maritime stakeholders in the region. “
It added, “It (also) offers a number of benefits, including gaining new knowledge about maritime operations, exchanging strategies and experiences, identifying emerging maritime challenges in the Indian Ocean region and developing collaborative solutions to them.” “Involves finding solutions.”
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