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Indian Navy ship Sudarshini sets sail on a historical mission to ASEAN countries

     INS Sudarshini, the sail training ship of Indian Navy, has set sail from Kochi naval base on a historical mission to celebrate India’s warm ties with ASEAN countries. Admiral DK Joshi, chief of the naval staff, flagged off the six-month-voyage, a unique collaborative venture of Ministry of Defence and Ministry of External Affairs, on Saturday. The voyage commemorates 20 years of dialogue partnership and 10 years of summit level partnership with countries of ASEAN. Speaking on the occasion, Admiral Joshi expressed pride at the fact that cultural, economic and diplomatic linkages across the Indian Ocean are once again being reinforced through maritime endeavors such as this. The Navy Chief also dwelt upon the regional initiatives like IONS, MILAN and others which allows the nation to harness cooperative approaches and opportunities in the maritime domain. He also termed INS Sudarshini as India’s “Ambassador at Large” furthering the common vision of peace and prosperity. She will visit 13 ports in nine countries in South East Asia. The INS Sudarshini a three masted barque is part of the First Training squadron of the Southern Naval Command and is commanded by Commander N Shyamsunder. She has a crew of 31 in addition to 30 cadets who will learn the ropes of life at sea during the voyage. The ship will visit the ports of Padang, Bali, Manado (Indonesia), Port Muara (Brunei),Cebu, Manila (Philippines), Da Nang (Vietnam), Sihanoukville (Cambodia), Bangkok (Thailand), Singapore, Port Klang,(Malaysia) Phuket (Thailand), and Sittwe (Myanmar). Various events – cultural and business- are scheduled at these Ports in addition to people to people interactions. International trainees are also expected to be embarked on board in different legs of the voyage from countries of ASEAN to strengthen Navy to Navy ties. The ship will return to Kochi on 29 March 2013.

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