Indonesian ship visits Kochi

Indonesian Naval ship "KRI Usman Harun" today concluded its three-day visit to the city during which its commander called on the Southern Naval Command Chief of Staff and the crew were taken around some Naval training institutes.
The vessel, commanded byCaptainAlan Dahlan, arrived here on Sunday, a Defence release said here.
TheCommanding Officer of the visiting ship, accompanied byMajorMohammad Prima Vega Capella,Assistant Defence Attache of Indonesia,called on Chief of Staff of Southern Naval Command (SNC) Rear Admiral R J Nadkarni yesterday and held discussions onprofessional matters of common interest to both navies.
The foreign ship's crew were given a conducted tour of some of the training units under SNC here such as Water Survival Training Facility (WSTF), Damage Control Training Facility (DCTF) and the Diving School, the release said.

A friendly volleyball match between the teams of SNC and the visiting ship was also played.
In addition, theIndonesian crew visited places of interest here and also had a glimpse of Onam festival being celebrated in a traditional manner.

India traditionally has enjoyed warm relations with Indonesia, due to shared historical and cultural heritage dating back to thousands of years.
In the recent past, India-Indonesia relations had shown an upswing and defence cooperation, in particular, seen many new initiatives in the form of increased number of ship and military delegation visits, as well as training exchanges, the release said.
On departure, a 'passage exercise' was conducted off Kochitoday between Indian naval vessel INSSujata and KRI Usman Harun.