JAKARTA: Indonesia on Monday (Jun 5) launched a multilateral naval exercise in its waters, alongside navies from countries including the United States, Britain, China, Japan, Russia and South Korea, amid simmering tensions in the Asia-Pacific region. Indonesia's navy said in a statement the routine Komodo
JAKARTA: Indonesia on Monday launched a multilateral naval exercise in its waters, alongside navies from countries including the United States, Britain, China, Japan, Russia and South Korea, amid simmering tensions in the Asia-Pacific region.
Indonesia's navy said in a statement the routine Komodo drills were a"non-war" exercise that aims to"strengthen relationships between the navies" of 36 countries.ramp up military diplomacy in the region, staging more frequent war games with allies and partners around Taiwan, and in the busy waterways of the South China Sea and the western Pacific.
The Chinese navy sent its destroyer Zhanjiang and frigate Xuchang, both equipped with guided missiles, to the exercise, Chinese state media CCTV reported on Monday. This year's Komodo drills are the fourth such joint naval exercise Indonesia has hosted since the first one in 2014.
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