Indian Warship INS Satpura and Kadmatt on Overseas deployment to East and South-East Asia

TNPSC Current Affairs - September 2017 by TNPSC Guru

Two Indian Naval WarShip INS Satpura and INS Kadmatt advanced on deployment to East and South-East Asia as part of India’s Act East Policy. It will visit 12 ports in Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Philippines, South Korea, Russia, Japan, and Brunei.

The deployment stresses India’s peaceful presence and harmonious relation with the East and South-East Asia countries. The visit helps to strengthen existing bonds between the countries.

Important events during deployment:

• Ships will participate in the International Fleet Review hosted by the Association of South East Asian Countries (ASEAN) at Thailand
• Then it will visit Singapore, Vietnam, Philippines, Cambodia and Brunei to celebrate the 25th anniversary of India-ASEAN dialogue
• Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) exercise at Malaysia.
• Also annual India-Russia bilateral exercise INDRA in Russia.