Two Indian Navy warships of the Indian Navy’s Eastern Fleet which has recently participated in SIMBEX with Singapore reached Jakartha as part of their operational deployment.
The an operational deployment to South East Asia and Southern Indian Ocean of , the Indian Navy's Eastern Fleet under the command of Rear Admiral Ajendra Bahadur Singh, VSM, Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Fleet is part of India's 'Look East' and 'Act East' policy.
As part of the deployment, two Indian warships, INS Ranvir (a Guided Missile Destroyer) commanded by Captain Jaswinder Singh and INS Shakti (a sophisticated Fleet Tanker and Support Ship) commanded by Captain Vikram Menon, have arrived at Jakarta today (31 May 2015) on a four day visit.
The India and Indonesian navies will conduct regular co ordinated patrols on their IMBL and an annual bilateral is scheduled to commence between the countries this year.
The visit is aimed at further strengthening its already robust bilateral ties between the two countries and fostering inter-operability between the navies of these two friendly nations. Both navies conduct regular coordinated patrols on their IMBL and an annual bilateral exercise is scheduled to commence between both navies this year.
During the stay in harbour, various activities such as official calls, professional interaction between personnel of both the navies, reception onboard and ship visits have been planned, read a government statement.
The ships have visited Singapore and they will also visit freemantle in Australia, Kuantan in Malaysia, Sattahip in Thailand and Sihanoukville in Cambodia during the deployment.