India is closely watching the ongoing naval drills between two of its neighbours China and Pakistan.
The Indian Navy has been keeping an eye on the movements of a Chinese submarine and warships participating in the drills with Pakistan, reports cited by media said.
“As part of India’s comprehensive maritime domain awareness, the Navy maintains a close watch on all the movements in the Indian Ocean region, in line with national security interests,” the official sources were quoted as saying in the reports.
It's the third edition of the Sea Guardian bilateral naval exercise in the northern Arabian Sea from 11 to 17 November between the countries.
Aimed at enhancing defense cooperation between both sides, the joint naval exercise comes as India and the US held the 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue in the Indian capital city in the presence of US secretaries Antony Blinken and Lloyd Austin.