Indian Navy refuels two Japanese naval ships in Arabian Sea
This training comes after Chinese and Russian fighter jets carried out joint flights near Japan as leaders of the Quad group (Japan, the US, India, and Australia) met in Tokyo.
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New Delhi, May 25: The Indian Navy’s tanker Aditya refueled two Japanese naval ships Kashima and Shimakaze on Tuesday to enhance interoperability between the two forces.
Japanese Navy chief Admiral Hiroshi Yamamura and Indian Navy chief Admiral R Hari Kumar met in Delhi on February 25 and discussed avenues to enhance cooperation between the two forces.
Officials said the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF)’s training squadron ships JS Kashima and JS Shimakaze carried out ”underway fuelling” with Indian Navy tanker INS Aditya in western Indian Ocean region or central Arabian Sea.
Manoeuvres at sea were also undertaken to enhance interoperability between the Indian Navy and the JMSDF.
This training comes after Chinese and Russian fighter jets carried out joint flights near Japan as leaders of the Quad group (Japan, the US, India, and Australia) met in Tokyo. The Quad has been stating that it wants a free and open Indo-Pacific region. This is to counter Chinese aggression.
Defence Minister of Japan said, "two Chinese bombers joined two Russian bombers in the Sea of Japan and made a joint flight to the East China Sea. After that, a total of four aircraft, two presumed (new) Chinese bombers -- which replaced the two Chinese bombers -- and two Russian bombers, conducted a joint flight from the East China Sea to the Pacific Ocean."
He characterised the incident as a likely provocation by both Beijing and Moscow on a day when US President Joe Biden, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Australia's newly elected leader, Anthony Albanese, were meeting in Tokyo.
