New Delhi. The 4th Indian Navy (IN) – Russian Federation Navy (RuFN) Staff Talks were held here on October 30 to discuss operational interaction through “INDRA” series of exercises, training interaction, sharing of best practices, medical and logistics cooperation and exchange of high level visits.

The talks were co-chaired by Rear Admiral Atul Anand, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Foreign Cooperation and Intelligence) from the Indian Navy and Rear Admiral Vladimir I Zemskov, Deputy Chief of Russian Naval Staff (Signals) from the RuFN.

The RuFN delegation called on Vice Admiral MS Pawar, Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff on October 30 and discussed various important maritime engagement issues relating to operations as well as training.

The delegation will visit operational and training units at Goa as well as call on Flag Officer Goa Naval Area (FOGA) as part of their visit to Goa from October 31 and November one.