Context:

• Indian Naval Ship Talwar is participating in Exercise Cutlass Express 2021, along the East Coast of Africa.

Exercise Cutlass Express 2021

• The exercise is an annual maritime exercise conducted to promote national and regional maritime security in East Africa and the Western Indian Ocean.
• The 2021 edition of the exercise involves participation of 12 Eastern African countries, US, UK, India and various international organisations like International Maritime Organisation (IMO), United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Interpol, EurEuropean Union Naval Forc (EUNAVFOR), Critical Maritime Routes Indian Ocean (CRIMARIO) and EUCAP Somalia.
• Indian Navy is participating in the exercise in a ‘trainer role’.
• It focusses on East Africa’s coastal regions.
• It is designed to assess and improve combined maritime law enforcement capacity, promote national and regional security and increase interoperability between the regional navie
• Information sharing and information flow between various partner countries with respect to maritime domain awareness is also a key focus of the exercise and participation of India’s Information Fusion Centre – Indian Ocean Region (IFC-IOR) would contribute in achieving the same.
• India’s commitment to the countries along East Coast of Africa and the Western IOR is further going to be strengthened with the visit of INS Talwar.
• It is in keeping with India's stated policy towards maritime cooperation in the Indian Ocean region and vision SAGAR (Security and Growth for All in the Region).

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