Naval Exercise MILAN 2020 is scheduled to be held at Vishakhapatnam in March, 2020 in which 41 countries have been invited.  The list of countries has been given are as under:

1. Indonesia	8. France	15. Mozambique	22. Sudan	29. Israel	36. Qatar
2. Thailand	9. Malaysia	16. Australia	23. Somalia	30. Kenya	37. Egypt
3. Sri Lanka	10. Vietnam	17. Myanmar	24. New Zealand	31. USA	38. Tanzania
4. Comoros	11. Maldives	18. Brunei	25. Philippines	32. Japan	39. UK
5. Saudi Arabia	12. Oman	19. Mauritius	26. Cambodia	33. Singapore	40. South Korea
6. South Africa	13. Kuwait	20. Iran	27. Madagascar	34. Bangladesh	41. Russia
7. Djibouti	14. Eritrea	21. Bahrain	28. UAE	35. Seychelles

 

The Government pursues cooperation initiatives with friendly foreign countries including in Indian Ocean Region through structured interactions like Staff Talks, Empowered Steering Group etc.  The areas of cooperation include Capacity Building, Marine Domain Awareness, Training, Hydrography, Technical Assistance, Operational Exercise etc.

This information was given by Raksha Rajya Mantri Shri Shripad Naik in a written reply to Shri A. K. Selvaraj in Rajya Sabha today.

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