Moscow: Russia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will hold the first joint naval exercise on December 1-3 in the Indonesian territorial waters, the Russian Ambassador to ASEAN Alexander Ivanov to Sputnik on Tuesday.
“Drill will take place in the North Sumatra area.
The large anti-submarine ship Admiral Panteleyev, which is part of the Pacific Fleet of the Russian Navy, will attend them on the Russian side,” Ivanov said.
According to the diplomat, the decision about conducting exercises was made on the October 28 Summit between Russia and ASEAN, which had President Vladimir Putin among the participants.
The Summit adopts several documents about further development of the strategic partnership between Moscow and Blocks and approves the naval drill with the first.
“This exercise aims to train cooperation between the Russian Navy and the Navy of ASEAN member countries to provide security for commercial activities and maritime traffic and will be divided into two phases – virtual and maritime.
Defense Minister of the Republic of Indonesia Prabowo Subianto plans to launch Drill on a large ship Submarine Laksamana Panteleev, “added Ivanov.
Russia has become a full-scale partner in dialogue with associations since 1996.
In 2016, in the Russian-ASEAN Summit in Sochi, the parties adopted the declaration and action plan to bring cooperation between Moscow and organizations to strategic levels and strategic levels and organizations with strategic levels of partnerships.