Navy officials of Malaysia, India holds interaction

A visiting top Royal Malaysian Navy official and a senior Indian Navy official held an interaction here on naval cooperation, especially in the field of training between India and Malaysia, a defence release said here today.
During their interaction yesterday, Chief of Southern Naval Command (SNC) Rear Admiral RJ Nadkarni has provided an overview of activities conducted by SNC to Vice Admiral Dato Syed Zahiruddin Putra Bin Syed Osman, Commander Eastern Fleet, Royal Malaysian Navy.
The Royal Malaysian Navy official, accompanied by his wife Mariam Suri Binti Ahmad, is on a three-day official visit to Kochi from yesterday, consolidating existing strong bilateral naval relations between the two countries.

During the visit, the Admiral was shown around the Watermanship Survival Training Facility and INS Dronacharya, the Gunnery Training establishment which was of particular interest to him as he had himself undergone the Gunnery specialisation training at INS Dronacharya in 1983, the release said.
The Royal Malaysian Navy official also met four Malaysian Naval officers who are undergoing specialisation courses with Indian Navy here.
India has traditionally enjoyed close and warm relations with Malaysia, due to shared historical and heritage going back thousands of years.

In the recent past, IndiaMalaysia defence cultural and naval cooperation has enhanced exponentially, through increased number of ship visits, high level delegation visits (including between the respective Chiefs of Naval Staff) and training exchanges, it said.

The Admiral had earlier attended the Goa Maritime Conclave held on November one and two, prior arriving Kochi.
He and his spouse will depart from Kochi to Colombo tomorrow.