Vladivostok: Three Indian Naval ships, Sahyadri, Shakti and Kirch arrived here on Monday for a four-day visit to Russia, during which the Indian and Russian naval personnel will conduct joint exercises.
An Indian Navy statement called it a “demonstration of India’s commitment to longstanding India-Russia strategic partnership and Indian Navy’s increasing footprint and operational reach”.
Vladivostok is an eastern port city located at the head of the Golden Horn Bay, not far from Russia’s borders with China and North Korea.
The ships are likely to conduct exercises with the Russian Navy, aimed at enhancing inter-operability in communication as well as search and rescue procedures, it said.
The ships are under the command of the Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Fleet, Rear Admiral S.V. Bhokare, and will be in Vladivostok till July 1 as part of the deployment of the Eastern Fleet to the South China Sea.