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Africa, Brazil to hold joint naval exercise
Tuesday, May 06, 2008
India, Brazil and South Africa will hold joint naval
exercises in the seas off the southern coast of South Africa.
The joint military exercise would be the first time in the
history of the trilateral IBSA (India-Brazil-South Africa).
Terming the exercise at Simonstown Naval Base as "historical"
and "very special", Brazilian Navy Captain Onias de Castro
Limathe said the three countries will engage in multi-faceted
naval operations.
"The exercise is an attempt to develop a common understanding
of inter-operability and to foster mutual trust and
co-ordination among one another," Captain Charl Coetzee of the
South African Navy said.
The exercise will include simulated offensive operations
against surface and sub-surface threats, including
anti-submarine warfare. Also the navy of all the three
countries will learn to provide logistical support and other
operations over such long distances.
Some members of the armed forces of the 14-nation Southern
African Development Community (SADC) regional bloc will also
be joining the three navies in the exercises, said Captain
Coetzee.
The overall aim, he said, is to use the navies of the three
countries to strengthen multilateral cohesion between South
Africa, India and Brazil, under ministerial authority of the
trilateral axis.
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