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Indian and Sri Lankan navies hold joint exercise as training ships leave Colombo
Indian and Sri Lankan navies hold joint exercise as training ships leave Colombo by Thusi test Mon, 02/11/2026 - 13:52 Body ICGS Sarathi leaves the port of Colombo. Photograph: Sri Lanka Navy Indian Navy training ships have held a joint exercise with the Sri Lankan Navy off the west coast as they ended their visit to Colombo, the latest in a series of military exchanges between the two countries. INS Tir, INS Sujata and ICGS Sarathi of the Indian Navy's First Training Squadron, which arrived on 26 October with 135 officer trainees, sailed on 29 October after a passage exercise with the Sri La…