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{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=January 2020}}
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[[File:French Navy destroyer Jean de Vienne with guided missile destroyer INS Mumbai and guided missile frigate INS Gomati.jpg|thumb|350x350px|VARUNA–15. [[French Navy]] [[guided missile destroyer|destroyer]] Jean de Vienne during the exercise with [[Indian Navy]] [[guided missile destroyer|destroyer]] [[INS Mumbai]] and [[guided missile frigate|frigate]] [[INS Gomati (F21)]] .]]
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[[File:French Navy destroyer Jean de Vienne with guided missile destroyer INS Mumbai and guided missile frigate INS Gomati.jpg|thumb|350x350px|VARUNA–15. [[French Navy]] [[guided missile destroyer|destroyer]] Jean de Vienne during the exercise with [[Indian Navy]] [[guided missile destroyer|destroyer]] [[INS Mumbai]] and [[guided missile frigate|frigate]] [[INS Gomati (F21)]].]]
The annually held '''Varuna naval exercise''' is an integral part of [[France–India relations|France–India strategic relationship]] in the 21st century and consists of naval cooperation drills between the [[French Navy]] and the [[Indian Navy]]. The joint-exercises are held either in the [[Indian Ocean]] or [[Mediterranean Sea]] with the aim of improving Indo-French coordination on capabilities like cross-deck operations, replenishment-at-sea, [[Minesweeper (ship)|minesweeping]], [[anti-submarine warfare]] and information sharing. It was first started in 1983, though given its present name in 2001. France is ''Littoral State'' of the Indian Ocean through the French [[Overseas region]] of [[Réunion]], [[Mayotte]] and [[Scattered Islands in the Indian Ocean]].  
The annually held '''Varuna naval exercise''' is an integral part of [[France–India relations|France–India strategic relationship]] in the 21st century and consists of naval cooperation drills between the [[French Navy]] and the [[Indian Navy]]. The joint-exercises are held either in the [[Indian Ocean]] or [[Mediterranean Sea]] with the aim of improving Indo-French coordination on capabilities like cross-deck operations, replenishment-at-sea, [[Minesweeper (ship)|minesweeping]], [[anti-submarine warfare]] and information sharing. It was first started in 1983, though given its present name in 2001. France is ''Littoral State'' of the Indian Ocean through the French [[Overseas region]] of [[Réunion]], [[Mayotte]] and [[Scattered Islands in the Indian Ocean]].  


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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XZrTvGOYEg Varuna 09 Video]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XZrTvGOYEg Varuna 09 Video]
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[[Category:Indian Navy]]
[[Category:Indian naval exercises]]
[[Category:French Navy]]
[[Category:French Navy]]
[[Category:Indian naval exercises]]
[[Category:Indian military exercises]]
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[[Category:France–India relations]]