Indian naval ship ‘Khanjar’, an indigenously-built Missile Corvette of the Khukri class, arrived in Sri Lanka’s japanese port of Trincomalee on Saturday for a three-day go to to reinforce the shut ties and interoperability between the 2 navies.

The go to is important in view of the potential for cooperation between India and Sri Lanka for augmenting the capabilities of the Sri Lanka Navy for effectively addressing shared challenges for maritime safety within the area, the Indian High Commission in Colombo stated in a press release on Friday.

The Indian Naval Ship ‘Khanjar’ has arrived within the japanese port of Trincomalee, Sri Lanka Navy stated.

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The ship was accorded a customary welcome by the Sri Lanka Navy on its arrival, India’s Ministry of Defence stated in a press release.

During the ship’s go to, the 2 navies will interact in varied actions together with planning discussions, skilled exchanges on matters of mutual curiosity, sports activities fixtures and visits onboard Khanjar by trainees from the Naval and Maritime Academy, Sri Lanka.

The port name is aimed toward additional enhancing the shut ties and interoperability between the Indian Navy and Sri Lanka Navy, it stated. INS Khanjar is the fourth ship of the indigenously designed and constructed Khukri class missile corvettes. Built by GRSE, Kolkata, the ship is armed with an array of contemporary weapons and sensors.

The ship’s Commanding Officer NVS Phani Kumar will name on the Commander of Eastern Naval Area, whereas varied skilled interactions will happen on VBSS, gunnery and missile operations.

“In order to further people-to-people connect and familiarise the people with the Indian Navy and its capabilities, the ship will be open for a visit by school children,” the assertion by the Indian High Commission stated.

The public can go to the ship on July 30 on the Trincomalee Port.

The ship may even perform a Yoga Session, Beach Cleaning and Special School in Trincomalee, the assertion stated.

On July 31, put up departure, a Maritime Partnership Exercise with Sri Lanka Navy Ship off Trincomalee can be deliberate, it stated. In June, Indian Naval Submarine Vagir visited Colombo to have a good time the International Day of Yoga.

Last week, throughout Ranil Wickremesinghe’s go to to India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Sri Lankan President agreed upon ‘Promoting Connectivity, Catalysing Prosperity: India-Sri Lanka Economic Partnership Vision’.

The leaders acknowledged that the India-Sri Lanka partnership has been a supply of power in overcoming financial difficulties confronted by Sri Lanka and Wickremesinghe particularly appreciated India’s well timed, unprecedented, and essential assist to the Government and the individuals of Sri Lanka, the Ministry of External Affairs stated in a press release on July 21.

The two leaders agreed on establishing land connectivity between Sri Lanka and India for creating land entry to the ports of Trincomalee and Colombo.

To promote maritime connectivity, they agreed to cooperate within the growth of ports and logistics infrastructure at Colombo, Trincomalee and Kankesanthurai to consolidate regional logistics and transport, as per mutual understanding.

Visits by Indian Navy vessels to Sri Lanka additional strengthen the camaraderie and interoperability between the Navies of the 2 neighbours, consistent with India’s SAGAR (Security and Growth for All within the Region) doctrine and the ‘Neighbourhood First’ coverage.