In pursuit of India’s ‘Look East’ and ‘Act East’ policy, the Indian Navy’s Eastern Fleet ships under the command of Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Fleet (FOCEF) Rear Admiral Ajendra Bahadur Singh are on a two-month-long operational deployment to South East Asia and Southern Indian Ocean.
As part of the deployment, two of the Indian warships, Guided Missile Destroyer INS Ranvir and indigenously-built Anti-Submarine Corvette INS Kamorta entered Sihanoukville, Cambodia and indigenously-built guided missile stealth frigate INS Satpura and sophisticated fleet tanker and support ship INS Shakti entered Sattahip, Thailand, on Tuesday on a four-day visit respectively. The previous visit by an Indian Naval ship to Thailand was in June 2010.
Besides strengthening bilateral ties, the visit is aimed at fostering inter-operability between the navies of these two friendly nations.
These ships are on the return leg after a 45-day deployment. On departure from Sihanoukville, INS Ranvir and INS Kamorta will exercise with the Cambodian Navy for enhancing interoperability in maritime operations including search and rescue.
