Indian Navy And Singapore Navy To Enhance Maritime Operability

Joint maritime drills will help the Indian Navy and the Singapore Navy work together better and learn more about each other’s ways of doing things, according to Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Fleet Read Admiral Rajesh Dhankhar. Speaker at a party on board INS Shakti at the Changi Naval Base on Tuesday for 150 people from Singapore’s defense sector, heads of diplomatic missions, and Indians living in Singapore. He said that the navies of both countries are planning the 31st Singapore-India Maritime Bilateral Exercise (SIMBEX), which will take place at Visakhapatnam in the fourth quarter of this year.

“We will be holding the 31st Edition of SIMBEX, and we have done the working level planning for the event to take place in Visakhapatnam in the fourth quarter of this year,” Dhankhar said. He is currently leading the Indian Naval Ships Delhi, INS Shakti, and Kiltan to Singapore, Malaysia, and the Philippines.

“We look forward to further improving our operability and understanding of each other’s operational philosophy,” said Dhankhar, who had been part of a two-year training program for the Singapore Navy in the past. “We also look forward to making our bilateral exercise more competent in line with the times we are living in.”

“Our current deployment here and beyond is to visit friendly partner navies and share our experiences and knowledge that would enable us to be better informed in line with security and growth of all – as per India’s Sagar Doctrine,” Dhankhar said.

The group got to Singapore on Monday. On Thursday, they will set sail for Malaysia, and then they will go to the Philippines.

Dr. Shilpak Ambule, the Indian High Commissioner to Singapore, talked more about the Indian Navy’s work in the area, especially in Singapore. He said that the Navy has been expanding, which has definitely been helped by its solid foundation and has been changing over time.

“The growing level of engagement is in line with the shifting paradigm and the challenges in the maritime domain. It is also deepening our partnership with Singapore.”

“This, in true sense, reminds us all of the quintessential need to collaborate for mutually beneficial cooperation and to tackle the real challenges of the maritime domain.”

He also talked about India’s strong historical and cultural ties with ASEAN countries, which have grown stronger recently with strong economic ties.

“We follow the Sagar Doctrine in the maritime domain: safety and growth for everyone.” “We are glad that our naval ships are following the policy on ground deployment in the area,” the envoy said.

Additionally, he talked about the strong bonds that have been built between the Indian and Singaporean Navies over many years and decades of work. “I am only confident that this relationship will grow stronger with the visits of Indian naval ships.”

In the name of all Indians and partners in the Indian Ocean, the High Commissioner thanked the Indian Navy for their outstanding work in protecting the important sea lanes in the Red Sea so that our soldiers and commercial ships are safe and the trade doesn’t stop.