Navy for Indo-Lanka exercise

The navy has moved a proposal to the government for approval of a joint marine commandos (Marcos) exercise with Sri Lanka in the Bay of Bengal towards June end. The two-week exercise has its thrust on ship-intervention and anti-piracy. This will be a first joint endeavour between the armed forces of the two nations after the collapse of the LTTE, last year.

A source told DNA, “A clearance is yet to come from the government. This is basically to explore options of Marco operations as a piracy threat in these waters is always rampant for both nations, considering the heavy traffic.”