Navy chief on 4-day UAE visit to strengthen defence cooperation

Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi will be on a four-day visit to the UAE from Monday, to strengthen the defence cooperation between the two countries.
“This visit aims to strengthen the defence cooperation between the two countries, in line with the deepening Comprehensive Strategic Partnership across all sectors, and consolidate bilateral maritime relations between India and UAE, and to explore new avenues of cooperation between the two navies,” the defence ministry said in a statement.
Admiral Tripathi will hold discussions with Commander of the UAE Naval Forces Rear Admiral Pilot Saeed Bin Hamdan Al Nahyan and other senior officials of the UAE.
He is also scheduled to visit the National Defence College of the UAE, where he will interact with the trainee officers, the ministry said.
The Navy chief will also witness the third edition of the India-UAE Bilateral Naval Exercise.
“The cooperative engagements between the Indian Navy and the UAE Navy include Operational interactions through Port Calls, Bilateral Naval Exercise & reciprocal visits, Navy-to-Navy Staff Talks, as well as Joint Defence Cooperation Committee (JDCC),” the ministry said.