KARACHI – Pakistan Navy has conducted joint exercises with Russian and SriLankan naval forces at the culmination of ‘Aman-21’ drills.
“PN Ships ALAMGIR & ASLAT conducted bilateral Ex ARABIAN MONSOON 2021 withships of Russian Federation Navy ADMIRAL GRIGOROVICH & DMITRIY ROGACHOV inNAS. PNS ZULFIQUAR also conducted bilateral Ex LION STAR-II with Sri LankanNavy Ship GAJABAHU,” said a spokesperson of Pakistan Navy in a series oftweets.
Fixed and rotary wing aircraft of PN Aviation and PAF fighters alsoparticipated in the bilateral drills, held in the north Arabian Sea.
The exercise included anti-surface, anti-air warfare, manoeuvring andcommunication serials to further enhance cooperation and interoperabilitywith navies of Russian Federation & Sri Lanka, the spokesman added.
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Bilateral exercises with naval forces of different countries are anexpression of Pakistan Navy’s commitment to promote and balance a safemaritime environment in the region.
Up to 45 countries participated in the Aman-21 multinational naval exercisewith their naval warships, aircraft, special operation forces and a largenumber of observers.