IMNEX-19 begins onboard INS Ranvijay in Visakhapatnam

Visakhapatnam: The opening ceremony of the second edition of 'India Myanmar Naval Exercise' IMNEX-19 was conducted onboard INS Ranvijay at Visakhapatnam on Friday.

Myanmar naval ships UMS Sin Phyu Shin (F-14) and UMS Tabinshweti (773) arrived at Visakhapatnam and would engage in professional interaction with Indian Navy personnel for sharing of expertise on various maritime issues between both the navies.

The harbour phase of IMNEX-19 is scheduled till Sunday and it includes visits to Indian Naval units, training and maintenance facility at Visakhapatnam. During sea phase scheduled from Sunday to October 22, INS Ranvijay, a guided-missile destroyer, and INS Kuthar, a missile corvette will be carrying joint exercise with MN ships UMS Sin Phyu Shin, a frigate and UMS Tabinshweti, a corvette in the Bay of Bengal and undertake a variety of evolutions, including anti-air and surface firing exercises, flying exercises using integral helicopter and seamanship evolutions at sea.

The joint exercises this year have increased in scope and complexity is a testimony of growing maritime cooperation between the two navies.