Indian Navy's frontline ships visit Jakarta
INS Sahyadri and INS Kolkata, mission deployed in South Eastern Indian Ocean Region (IOR), have made a port call at Jakarta, Indonesia.
Caption: Stealth frigate 'INS Sahyadri' and guided missile destroyer 'INS Kolkata' are making a port call at Jakarta, Indonesia. (Photo: PIB)
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NEW DELHI (BNS): Two frontline ships of Indian Navy, mission deployed in South Eastern Indian Ocean Region (IOR), arrived in Jakarta on Monday.
The ships were accorded a warm welcome by the Indonesian Navy.
During the port call, personnel from Indian and Indonesian navies will engage in a wide range of professional interactions, joint yoga sessions, sports fixtures and cross-deck visits aimed at strengthening mutual cooperation and understanding between the two navies.
The two ships will also participate in a Maritime Partnership Exercise (MPX) at sea with the Indonesian Navy to further bolster the high degree of interoperability that already exists between the two navies, Indian MoD said in a statement.
INS Sahyadri is the third indigenously designed and built Project-17 class stealth frigate. INS Kolkata is the first indigenously designed and built stealth destroyer of Project-15A class.
The ships were accorded a warm welcome by the Indonesian Navy.
During the port call, personnel from Indian and Indonesian navies will engage in a wide range of professional interactions, joint yoga sessions, sports fixtures and cross-deck visits aimed at strengthening mutual cooperation and understanding between the two navies.
The two ships will also participate in a Maritime Partnership Exercise (MPX) at sea with the Indonesian Navy to further bolster the high degree of interoperability that already exists between the two navies, Indian MoD said in a statement.
INS Sahyadri is the third indigenously designed and built Project-17 class stealth frigate. INS Kolkata is the first indigenously designed and built stealth destroyer of Project-15A class.
