India, Oman Military Chiefs hang talks to discover new avenues of defence cooperation
Commander of the Royal Military of Oman Rear Admiral Saif Bin Nasser Bin Mohsin Al Rahbi, who’s on “a goodwill seek advice from” to India, held discussions together with his Indian counterpart Admiral R Hari Kumar on Monday “to discover avenues to additional fortify cooperation between the Navies”.
The Military in a observation on Monday stated that Rear Admiral Saif Bin Nasser Bin Mohsin Al Rahbi, Commander of the Royal Military of Oman (CRNO) “is on a goodwill seek advice from of to India” and his seek advice from “targets to consolidate bilateral members of the family with Indian Military, as additionally to discover new avenues for defence cooperation with India.”
“The primary seek advice from of the incumbent CRNO to India, reverberates the rising cooperation between the Indian Military and the Royal Military of Oman, which come with operational interactions, coaching and alternate of Topic Subject Mavens. Each Navies were taking part within the biennial maritime workout ‘Naseem Al Bahr’ since 1993. This workout was once ultimate performed in 2020, off Goa and the following version is scheduled later this yr. INS Sudarshini visited Muscat in December 2021 and had embarked RNO Sea Riders for sea enjoy.” the Military stated.
Rear Admiral Al Rahbi is on a five-day goodwill seek advice from to India from Sunday.
Rear Admiral Al Rahbi will even seek advice from the Western Naval Command at Mumbai right through his shuttle, and can seek advice from Indian Naval Ships on the dockyard there, the Military stated.
The improvement comes two weeks after Oman’s Secretary Common on the Ministry of Defence Mohammed Bin Nasser Bin Ali Al Zaabi had held the 11th India–Oman Joint Army Cooperation Committee Assembly (JMCC) on bilateral defence cooperation with Indian Defence Secretary Ajay Kumar.
India and Oman have very sturdy defence ties, and all 3 services and products have bilateral exchanges and workouts with Oman’s services and products.
Oman supplies operational make stronger to the Indian Military for anti-piracy missions within the Arabian Sea. Additionally, India had were given get admission to to the Duqm port in Oman, strengthening India’s capacity and maritime technique within the Indian Ocean Area, particularly in opposition to China’s competitive advance within the area.
On January 31, Zaabi had additionally met Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and the chiefs of the Military, the Military and the Air Power, and leaders of India’s defence trade.
