The biennial international naval exercise - MILAN 2014 - concluded off Port Blair coast today, with Commander-in-Chief of Andaman and Nicobar Command Air Marshal P K Roy taking the traditional salute from all nine foreign ships, which participated in the five-day event.
Six Indian ships - INS Saryu, INS Kesari, INS Investigator, INS Battimalv, INS Baratang and INS Bangaram - participated in the Passing Exercise to send off the foreign navy ships.
A total of 16 navies in the Indian Ocean Region took part in the event conducted by the Indian Navy.
While the other navies left after the traditional Passing Exercise, ships of the Myanmar Navy stayed back at Port Blair to continue joint patrol exercise with the Indian Navy till February 15.
Contingents from the visiting navies had also participated in the City Parade yesterday.
In a notable incident, three Jaguars of the Indian Air Force also flew past for the first time in the City Parade. These Jaguars are from the Andaman and Nicobar Integrated Command and have their base at Car Nicobar.
