PANAJI (PTI): Royal Navy of Oman (RNO) ships RNOV Al Rasikh and RNOV Khassab arrived at the Mormugao Port in Goa to participate in the 12th edition of the Indo-Oman bilateral naval exercise on Saturday.

"Naseem-Al-Bahr" (`Sea Breeze') is a biennial naval exercise between the Indian Navy and the RNO, being conducted since 1993, an Indian Navy spokesperson said in a release.

"The RNO ships will be joined by Indian Navy Ships Beas and Subhadra which will arrive for the harbour phase of the exercise. A few days later, all ships will execute the Sea Phase of exercise Naseem-Al-Bahr, off Goa," he said.

"During the Harbour Phase, the Commanding Officers of the visiting ships will call on Flag Officer Commanding Goa Naval Area. The ships will conduct `Subject Matter Expert Exchanges' on professional topics," the spokesperson said.