As part of Indian Navy’s Overseas Deployment to Africa, Europe and Russia, Indian Naval Ship INS Tarkash reaches at St Denis, Reunion Island, France on October 03, 2019 for a three day visit. INS Tarkash, commanded by Captain Sathish Vasudev, is a potent front-line frigate of the Indian Navy equipped with a versatile range of weapons and sensors.
Professional interactions between French and Indian Navies are planned towards further enhancing co-operation. France and India have traditionally enjoyed warm and friendly bilateral relations, sharing common values of democracy, development and secularism which was upgraded to the level of a ‘Strategic Partnership’ in 1998.
There have been regular high level exchanges and interactions in numerous fields between both countries. The Navies of both nations have recently engaged in one of the most complex and major Maritime Exercise ‘VARUNA 2019’ in the Indian Ocean, involving the participation of Carrier Task Groups from both sides and conduct of full-spectrum Naval operations.
