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:-

 

 

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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