The seventh edition of India-Sri Lanka joint maritime naval exercise SLINEX 2017 was held near Vishakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) in Bay of Bengal.
SLINEX is aimed to develop greater interoperability and close cooperation between the two navies.
SLINEX series of bilateral maritime exercises were initiated in 2005 and since then three successful engagements have been conducted.
This exercise was paused till 2011 due to security situation in Sri-Lanka. The third exercise in the series, SLINEX-13 was conducted off Goa in November 2013.