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Varuna 2018 naval exercise

May 7 , 2018 2397 days 1093 0
  • The Indian and French navies conducted the third and final phase of the Varuna naval exercise in the Reunion Island.
  • Varuna is the bilateral naval exercise between India and France.
  • The Reunion island is a French administrative territory in the India Ocean.
  • In total Varuna 2018 exercise is conducted in three phases. The three phases are conducted in Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal and South Western Indian Ocean.
  • The Indian Navy and the French Navy have conducted bilateral maritime exercises since May 1993.
  • Since 2001, this Indo-French Bilateral exercises have been named as Varuna and there have been fifteen editions of the same till date.

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