Updated Feb 18, 2021 | 11:04 IST
A report had quoted Admiral Gholamreza Tahani, spokesman of the drill, as saying that the Indian Navy was also participating with a select group of vessels. Representational image
New Delhi: The Indian Navy has denied that it is participating in an exercise along with the navies of Iran and Russia in the northern part of the Indian Ocean. Earlier, there were reports that the Indian Navy too has joined the exercise named ‘Iran-Russia Maritime Security Belt 2021’.
“The news reports regarding Indian Navy participating in Iran-Russia Maritime exercise is incorrect,” the Indian Navy said in a statement today.
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Indian Navy said on Thursday that it is not participating in the two-day naval exercise dubbed Iran-Russia Maritime Security Belt 2021 in the northern part of the Indian Ocean. The news reports regarding Indian Navy participating in Iran-Russia Maritime exercise is incorrect, the force clarified.
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Reports had earlier claimed that the Indian Navy has joined a drill alongside forces and vessels from the navy divisions of both the Iranian army and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), and the Russian Navy.
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