TODAY 📅

India-Sri Lanka Joint Exercise SLINEX-2018 Begins in Sri Lanka 

• India and Sri Lanka today began their bilateral naval exercise off Lanka's Trincomalee focusing on anti-piracy exercises, gun firings, cross-deck helicopter operations and anti-surface operations. 

• "Reinforcing the strong neighbourly ties underscored by extensive maritime interaction, the Indian and Sri Lankan Navies would undertake the 4th edition of Sri Lanka-India Exercise (SLINEX) off Trincomalee, Sri Lanka from October 27 to November 1," 

• SLINEX series of bilateral maritime exercises were initiated in 2005 and since then three successful engagements have been conducted.