IMEX 2024 Military Drill Kicks Off in Southern Iranian Waters
Vessels participating in the IMEX 2024 drills seen from a helicopter, Oct, 19, 2024. X/ @RT_India_news
October 19, 2024 Hour: 9:45 am
The exercises involve Iran, Russia, and Oman. Saudi Arabia, India, Thailand, Pakistan, Qatar, and Bangladesh take part as observers.
On Saturday, the news agency IRNA reported that the Indian Ocean Naval Symposium (IONS) Maritime Exercise (IMEX) 2024 kicked off in Iran’s southern waters.
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Russia and Oman have sent their flotillas of warships to take part in the joint drill along with the forces of the Iranian Navy and the Navy of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) as well as the country’s coastguards. Saudi Arabia, India, Thailand, Pakistan, Qatar and Bangladesh had also sent their representatives to take part in the exercise as observers.
the IMEX 2024 spokesperson Mostafa Tajeddini said the participating vessels and units would enact different scenarios, including containing fire, carrying out search and rescue operations and removing oil from the sea surface during the drill. The drill’s message was “peace, friendship, solidarity and collective cooperation,” he said, adding that several specialized meetings and workshops would also be held.
According to the IRNA, the IMEX 2024 joint naval exercise aims to ensure sustainable collective security and expand multilateral cooperation among the participating countries to safeguard peace in the region.
teleSUR/ JF Source: Xinhua
