New Delhi: The Indian Navy has conducted exercises with Russia and ‘Quad’ countries – an informal security forum comprising India, the US, Japan and Australia – in a message to China on getting a wider footprint in the Indo-Pacific region.
The Indo-Pacific region is seen from the west coast of India to the US.
The Indian Navy carried out a three-day bilateral maritime exercise with Japan in the north Arabian Sea from September 26, 2020, to September 28, 2020. It was the fourth edition of India-Japan maritime bilateral exercise JIMEX, which is conducted biennially. The last edition of JIMEX was conducted in October 2018 off Visakhapatnam in India.
Naval cooperation between India and Japan has increased in scope and complexity over the years. Advanced level of operations and exercises took place for three days. It is indicative of the continued upswing in Indo-Japanese defence…