The Indian Navy Chief, Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi, is on a four-day visit to Brazil to consolidate the bilateral maritime security cooperation. He met with the Commander of the Brazilian Navy, Adm Marcos Sampaio Olsen, and discussed ways on strengthening the growing India–Brazil naval cooperation, focused on operational engagements, training exchanges, hydrographic collaboration, information sharing, and avenues for enhancing maritime domain awareness.
“The scope of expanding cooperation in areas of defence industry, technology development, innovation, exchange of best practices, and capacity building between the two navies was also deliberated,” said the Indian Navy in an official statement.
Admiral Tripathi will also meet with Brazilian Defence Minister Jose Mucio and Chief of the Joint Staff of the Brazilian Armed Forces, Admiral Renato Rodrigues de Aguiar Freire.
"These interactions will provide an opportunity to review ongoing bilateral maritime cooperation, enhance operational-level linkages and explore new avenues for collaboration between the two navies," the Indian Navy said.
It said the visit aims to consolidate the robust and growing maritime partnership between the Indian Navy and the Brazilian Navy, which is an important pillar of the broader India-Brazil strategic partnership.
"The discussions will focus on shared maritime priorities, naval interoperability, capacity building and collaboration within multilateral frameworks, including the broader South-South collaboration," the Navy said in a statement.
It said Admiral Tripathi's visit reaffirms the Indian Navy's commitment to enhancing cooperation with the Brazilian Navy in the areas of maritime security, professional exchanges and capacity building.
Admiral Tripathi's engagements in Brazil include his visits to Brazilian operational commands, naval bases and shipyards.
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