Need to be close to our friends’: India holds naval exercise with Japan amid stand-off with China
The Japanese navy has become one of the principal partners of the Indian Navy. Japan was one of the few countries who publicly supported India during the Doklam crisis.
Editorial Staff
Need to be close to our friends’: India holds naval exercise with Japan amid stand-off with China
Indian and Japanese warships directed activities in the Indian Ocean on Saturday, reported the naval forces of both the nations. The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force portrayed the moves as intended to "advance shared comprehension" and comprised of four warships, two from every nation.
Maritime activities are currently normal among India and Japan, however the planning of the current exercise will be organized with the military stalemate among India and China in Ladakh.
"We are utilizing the activities for key interchanges," said Vice-Admiral Pradeep Chauhan, chief general of the National Maritime Foundation. The naval forces were "not there for battle purposes yet for flagging," he included. Also read | India-China troops’ disengagement along LAC a ‘Test Match, not Twenty20’
"We should be proximate with our companions and the Chinese know there is an immediate stepping stool of acceleration among Japan and the United States," said the Vice-…
