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Peoples Republic of
China
India, U.S. to Hold Joint
Naval Exercise
NEW DELHI,
December 8 (Xinhua) -- Capping a series of high-
level visits by top U.S. defense brass here, India and the United States will commence a three-day joint naval exercise off the Arabian Sea coast from December 15, the Press Trust of India (PTI) reported here on Saturday. This will be the first joint military exercise between India and the U.S. after the freeze of military ties in the wake of New Delhi's nuclear tests in 1998. Two Indian naval warships, a coast guard and an American naval aircraft will take part in the "search and rescue" exercise, the PTI noted. "Highly placed" Indian naval sources were quoted as saying that they were hopeful that with the surrender of Kandahar by Taliban in Afghanistan, more U.S. naval warships currently engaged in strikes against Afghanistan could veer round to take part in the exercise. Five other navies including observers from Maldives and Sri Lanka could also participate in the exercise, the first such venture since 1997, the sources added. The joint exercise will be followed by a meeting of the Indo-U. S. military steering group of the three services, which would chart out holding of bigger joint inter-services exercises on land and sea, the PTI added. Enditem
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