Key Points
India is sending a destroyer as well as guided missile stealth frigate to the South China Sea to take part in a first-of-its-kind maritime exercise with the Association of South East Asian Nations (Asean)..
The harbour phase of the exercise was initiated at the Changi Naval Base in Singapore on Tuesday, with warships from participating nations scheduled to enter the South China Sea on Sunday...
While India has sent warships to the South China Sea in the past as well, this is the first such naval exercise with the Asean grouping..
It may be noted that several Asean nations, including Vietnam and the Philippines, have maritime disputes with China and have been steadily increasing defence cooperation with India...
He inaugurated Asean-India Maritime Exercise along with Rear Admiral Sean Wat, chief of Singapore Navy...
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