Navy Chief to visit Kenya

Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral R.K. Dhowan, is scheduled to visit Kenya to consolidate defence relations with the Indian Ocean Region country.

The Navy Chief will be on a five-day visit to Kenya beginning today.

India and Kenya have enjoyed historical maritime linkages since many centuries. The Navy Chief's visit will not only cement existing maritime linkages, but will also explore avenues to build more bridges of friendship.

India already has an ongoing and fruitful bilateral engagement with Kenya. Apart from regular ship visits, the Indian Navy has been extending training support to the Kenyan Navy.

India has also extended hydro-graphic survey assistance to Kenya and IN survey ships have recently carried out significant surveys of Kenyan waters. One of the highlights of the visit is presentation of 'first updated navigational chart' of the areas by the CNS to Kenyan authorities (this survey was conducted by INS Jamuna, a survey ship which is currently deployed on East African coast on a hydro-graphic mission).