Exercise Malabar 2019 to be held in Japanese waters

The Malabar trilateral naval exercise will likely take place in Japanese waters next year, the Financial Express reports.

Ships from the Indian Navy, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force and the United States Navy sail in formation in the Bay of Bengal during exercise Malabar 2017
By U.S. Navy [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons


The news report says a high level delegation from Japan is expected to be in India to finalized the details and the changes will be approved at the India-Japan annual summit in September.

Previous exercises took place in the Indian Ocean and waters off Guam.

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