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SLINEX 2024
- 28 Dec 2024
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Recently, the SLINEX 24 (Sri Lanka - India Exercise 2024) was conducted at Visakhapatnam, India. It is a bilateral naval exercise between India and Sri Lanka.
- The Sea Phase of the exercise included joint exercises by Special Forces of both the navies, gun firings, communication drills, seamanship, navigation evolutions, and helicopter operations, with the Indian side participating through INS Sumitra.
- India and Sri Lanka have been conducting SLINEX exercise since 2005.
- India and Sri Lanka have a long history of cultural and economic ties dating back over 2500 years.
- India is Sri Lanka’s largest trade partner in SAARC, with bilateral trade reaching USD 5.5 billion in FY 2023-24. India exports essential goods while Sri Lanka benefits from the India-Sri Lanka Free Trade Agreement.
- Other India-SL Bilateral Exercise: Exercise Mitra Shakti (Army).
Read More: Major Military Exercises of India
