Amazing pics of Indian Navy participating in Cutlass Express 2021

The Indian Navy is participating in Exercise Cutlass Express 2021, which got underway on July 26 along the East Coast of Africa.

The drill is an annual maritime exercise conducted to promote national and regional maritime security in East Africa and the Western Indian Ocean.

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The 2021 edition of the exercise involves 12 East African countries, the US, the UK, India, and various international organisations such as the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Interpol, European Union Naval Force Somalia (EU NAVFOR), Critical Maritime Routes Indian Ocean (CRIMARIO) and EUCAP Somalia.

The Indian Navy is participating in the exercise in 'trainer's role'. Accordingly, INS Talwar is participating in the drill which began on Monday (July 27) and will go on till August 6.

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The exercise focuses on East Africa's coastal regions and is designed to assess and improve combined maritime law enforcement capacity, promote national and regional security and increase interoperability between the regional navies.

As part of the exercise, the Indian Navy, together with other partners, shall undertake the training of contingents from various participating countries in various fields across the spectrum of maritime security operations.

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INS Talwar reaches Mombasa to participate in Exercise Cutlass Express 2021 as the annual Maritime Exercise conducted to promote the national and regional maritime security in East Africa and the Western Indian Ocean, in Mombasa on Tuesday (July 27).

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Information sharing and information flow between various partner countries with respect to maritime domain awareness is also a key focus area of the exercise and participation of India's Information Fusion Centre- Indian Ocean Region (IFC-IOR) would contribute to achieving the same.

As part of the exercise, the ship is visiting Mombasa, Kenya, wherein various other professional interactions are also planned with the Kenya Navy.

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The ship, during its stay at Mombasa, will also host a number of events to build stronger bridges of friendships with Kenya, the Indian community, and a host of other partners in addition to the Cutlass Express participants.

The release added that information sharing and information flow between various partner countries with respect to maritime domain awareness is also a key focus of the exercise and participation of India`s Information Fusion Centre - Indian Ocean Region (IFC-IOR) would contribute to achieving the same.

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As part of the exercise, the ship is visiting Mombasa, Kenya, wherein various other professional interactions are also planned with the Kenya Navy.

The Ministry of Defence said that India`s commitment to the countries along the East Coast of Africa and the Western IOR is further going to be strengthened with the visit of INS Talwar and is in keeping with India`s stated policy towards maritime cooperation in the Indian Ocean region and vision SAGAR (Security and Growth for All in the Region).

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