Indian Navy Ship ( INS ) Talwar on Monday undertook refuelling with US Navy tanker USNS Yukon in the northern Arabian Sea under Logistics Exchange Memorandum of Agreement (LEMOA). “INS Talwar on mission-based deployment in Northern Arabian Sea undertook refuelling with @USNavy Fleet Tanker USNSYukon under LEMOA,” Indian Navy tweeted.
In tweet, the Navy said, “The evolution apart from highlighting interoperability between Indian Navy and US Navy enables presence for enhancing maritime security.”
Manohar Parrikar in 2017 the Indian Defence Minister and Ash Carter, then US Defence Secretary, signed the key logistics agreement to enable forces of both the countries to use each other’s bases for repair and replenishment of supplies.
Earlier on September 9, India and Japan signed an “Acquisition and Cross-Servicing Agreement” this will allow the militaries of the two countries to exchange supplies and services on a reciprocal basis. Also during exercises in which both participate, U.N. and humanitarian assistance operations, as well as visits to each other’s ports.
Also India and Russia are expected to sign a mutual defence logistics support agreement soon with each other during the annual bilateral summit between the two countries that will take place in October or November this year, Russian Deputy Chief of Mission Roman Babushkin said.
Russia has decided not to sell weapons and defence equipment to Pakistan because of Indian “sensitivities and requests”, he added.
