The coast guard personnel from India, the Maldives and Sri Lanka are jointly conducting four-day trilateral exercise DOSTI-16 near Male to identify emerging maritime challenges in the Indian Ocean Region.
- Indian Coast Guard ship Samarth and ICGS Abhinav along with Sri Lanka Naval Ship Samudura are participating in the 16th edition of the India-Maldives-Srilanka trilateral exercise ‘Dosti’.
- It is being held held between February 22 and 25. Bangladesh is participating as an observer. Coast guard helicopter ICGS Dornier too is part of the trilateral exercise ‘
