EX-Indra 2020
- Move comes amid on-going standoff with China in Ladakh, tensions in Indian Ocean
- Amid high operational alert by the Indian Navy in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) due to the on-going standoff with China in Ladakh,
- India and Russia are scheduled to hold the bilateral naval exercise, Indra 2020, in the Andaman Sea.
- The exercise will be carried out close to the strategic Strait of Malacca.
- Three Russian navy ships will take part in the exercise with an equal number from the Indian Navy, along with some aircraft.
- This is also the first bilateral naval exercise since all such engagements were suspended due to COVID-19.
- The timing of the exercise comes just after India withdrew from the Kavkaz-2020 multinational exercise in Russia scheduled for later this month.
