Vice Adm. Tas is in India coinciding with the visit of the UK Carrier Strike Group (CSG), led by the British carrier Queen Elizabeth. On information sharing and the IFC-IOR, the visiting officer said some of the European countries have an LO in India but the Netherlands does not. “We should use that to exercise with the Indian Navy,” he said, adding they are also participating in the Indian Ocean Naval Symposium. Free trade is important for all of us and for free trade we need free and open seas,” Vice Adm. Tas added. Coinciding with the exercise, the First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff, U.K. Navy Admiral Sir Tony Radakin was in India from October 22 to 24.

Source: The Hindu October 25, 2021 09:28 UTC