Chattogram Bureau :
Bangladesh’s navy chief Admiral Nizamuddin Ahmed along with his Indian counterpart Admiral Sunil Lanba inaugurated the exercise at a function at a Bangladesh naval base in the port city Chittagong with the theme of “Chorus of Shared Hopes” on Wednesday
Bangladeshi and Indian navy chiefs jointly launched a six-day coordinated anticrime patrol of the two naval forces called CORPAT in specified areas of their maritime boundaries, a BN navy sources said.
The exercise will end at Vishakhapatnam of India on July 3.
“The navy ships and aircraft of the two countries begin the patrol from Bangladesh territorial waters and conclude in India’s Vishakhapatnam on July 3,” a Bangladesh navy spokesman said.
He said two Bangladeshi and two Indian warships and two maritime patrol aircraft of the two countries would initially join the joint exercise against terrorism, piracy, human trafficking, smuggling and illegal fishing. Two Bangladeshi navy officers and two Indian ones would travel in each other’s warships during the exercise.
“This is the first such joint patrol by the two navies. The two navies decided to carryout identical anticrime exercises from time to time whenever they feel the necessary,” the spokesman said.
Bangladesh’s navy chief Admiral Nizamuddin Ahmed along with his Indian counterpart Admiral Sunil Lanba inaugurated the exercise at a function at a Bangladesh naval base in the port city Chittagong with the theme of “Chorus of Shared Hopes” on Wednesday
Bangladeshi and Indian navy chiefs jointly launched a six-day coordinated anticrime patrol of the two naval forces called CORPAT in specified areas of their maritime boundaries, a BN navy sources said.
The exercise will end at Vishakhapatnam of India on July 3.
“The navy ships and aircraft of the two countries begin the patrol from Bangladesh territorial waters and conclude in India’s Vishakhapatnam on July 3,” a Bangladesh navy spokesman said.
He said two Bangladeshi and two Indian warships and two maritime patrol aircraft of the two countries would initially join the joint exercise against terrorism, piracy, human trafficking, smuggling and illegal fishing. Two Bangladeshi navy officers and two Indian ones would travel in each other’s warships during the exercise.
“This is the first such joint patrol by the two navies. The two navies decided to carryout identical anticrime exercises from time to time whenever they feel the necessary,” the spokesman said.
