Malabar naval exercise News
The navies of India, the US, Japan and Australia kick-started the first phase of the Malabar naval exercise.
The exercise is taking place at a time India and China are locked in a border standoff in Ladakh.
The first phase of the Malabar exercise among India, the US, Japan and Australia navies will start in the Bay of Bengal on Tuesday.
This comes amid the border row between India and China along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh.
Over 200 Indian soldiers from the Gorkha Rifles will take part in the military exercise.
Amid the military stand-off between armies of the India and China, the tri-nation Malabar naval exercise is underway in the Bay of Bengal.
The Malabar exercise started in 1992 with the navies of US and India in the Indian Ocean.
Navies of India, US and Japan Thursday placed great importance on the ongoing trilateral naval exercise MALABAR-2015, with a top Japanese official describing the three countries as "indispensable partners" for regional stability.
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