According to Capt DK Sharma (Retd), Ex-Spokesperson Indian Navy, “Looking at the overall environment in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR), there is a need to collaborate with like-minded nations/ navies and make IOR a region of peace rather than of posturing.”
The largest gathering of navies from across the globe will be coming to India for the next edition of Naval Exercise MILAN 2020 which will be off the coast in Vishakhapatnam.
In a written the response given in the Rajya Sabha today by the Minister of State Ministry of Defence, Shripad Naik, 41 countries including Oman, Qatar, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, South Korea, the US, the UK, Australia, Vietnam, Myanmar, Iran, Sri Lanka, Thailand among others are going to participate.
