New Delhi, Aug 19 (Agency) Admiral Aleksandr Alekseyevich Moiseyev, Commander-in-Chief, Russian Federation Navy on Monday called on Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi, Chief of the Naval Staff here and held discussions on collaborative mechanisms and measures to further strengthen Navy to Navy cooperation. Admiral Aleksandr Alekseyevich Moiseyev is on an official visit to India from August 19 to 22, a Indian Navy statement said. The visit is a testimony to the longstanding relationship between the navies of Russia and India.
The visit aims to strengthen bilateral naval relations between India and Russia, as also to explore new avenues for naval cooperation. Indian Navy cooperates with Russian Federation Navy on many fronts, which include operational interactions, training, hydrographic cooperation, and exchange of subject matter experts in various fields through the IRIGC M&MTC mechanism between the two countries. Indian Navy has also been interacting with Russian Federation Navy in various multilateral fora including IONS (Indian Ocean Naval Symposium), MILAN, IORA (Indian Ocean Rim Association), WPNS (Western Pacific Naval Symposium) and ADMM-Plus (ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting-Plus). Moreover, the C-in-C, Russian Federation Navy, will also visit Mumbai, where he will hold bilateral discussions with the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Naval Command, as well as visit indigenous warships & submarines; Naval Dockyard; and M/s Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited.