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India and France Conducts Largest Varuna Naval Exercise 2019
India and France Conducts Largest Varuna Naval Exercise 2019: Details, Aims, Significance, Highlights
India and France will conduct their largest ever naval exercise ‘Varuna’ off Goa coast early May.
India will deploy its aircraft carrier, INS Vikramaditya with its MiG-29K fighters and French side would be represented by its aircraft carrier FNS Charles de Gaulle with its Rafale-M naval jets.
The Varuna Naval Exercise 2019 will also see participation of FNS Forbin, the FNS Provence and the FNS Latouche Treville, a nuclear attack submarines, the FNS Amethyste, and the tanker FNS Marne from France and diesel-electric submarine INS Shankul, guided-missile destroyer INS Chennai, stealth frigate INS Tarkash and tanker INS Deepak, along with P-8I long-range maritime patrol aircraft and Dornier-228 planes from India.
Varuna is a top-level naval exercise, with intensive dual carrier task group operations and anti-submarine warfare maneuvers.
India and France are working closely to implement their action-oriented joint strategic vision for cooperation in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR), which was finalised in March 2018.
France
Capital: Paris
Largest City: Paris
Currency: Euro (EUR), CFP Franc (XPF)
Official Language: French
President: Emmanuel Macron
Prime Minister: Édouard Charles Philippe
