Commander-In-Chief of Russian Navy Admiral Aleksandr Alekseyevich Moiseyev Visits India

Commander-in-Chief of Russian Federation Navy Admiral Aleksandr Alekseyevich Moiseyev visited India from 19-22 August 2024 to reinforce the longstanding relationship between the navies of the two nations. The visit strove to strengthen bilateral naval relations between India and Russia, and also to explore new avenues for naval cooperation.

Admiral Aleksandr Alekseyevich Moiseyev called on the Chief of the Naval Staff, Indian Navy Adm. Dinesh K Tripathi on 19 August 2024 at New Delhi and held discussions on collaborative mechanisms and measures to further strengthen navy to navy cooperation. He was received with a ceremonial Guard of Honour at the South Block Lawns.

Indian Navy cooperates with Russian Federation Navy on many fronts, which include operational interactions, training, hydrographic cooperation, and exchange of Subject Matter Experts in various fields through the IRIGC M&MTC mechanism between the two countries. Indian Navy has also been interacting with Russian Federation Navy in various multilateral fora viz. IONS (Indian Ocean Naval Symposium), MILAN, IORA (Indian Ocean Rim Association), WPNS (Western Pacific Naval Symposium) and ADMM-Plus (ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting-Plus).

The C-in-C, Russian Federation Navy also met the Chief of Defence Staff, the defence secretary, the vice chief of the air staff, and the national maritime security coordinator of India, as part of his official engagements in New Delhi. In addition to New Delhi, the C-in-C visited Mumbai, where he held bilateral discussions with the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Naval Command.