IMMSAREX 2017 held in Bangladesh.

Indian Navy to participate in International Multilateral Maritime Search and Rescue Exercise (IMMSAREX-2017) held in Bangladesh under the guidance of Indian Ocean Naval Symposium (IONS).

The inaugural International Maritime Search and Rescue Exercise (IMMSAREX) will be attended by ships and aircrafts of both members and observers of IONS

About IONS:

Indian Ocean Naval Symposium (IONS) is a regional forum which seeks to increase maritime cooperation among navies of the Indian Ocean littoral states by providing an open forum for discussing the maritime issues and also helps in enhancing regional maritime security.

IONS was launched by India on 2008. IONS will be represented by Navy chiefs of participating countries.

There are 35 members which are grouped into four sub regions 

• India, Bangladesh, Maldives, Pakistan, Seychelles ,Sri Lanka  are comes under south Asian Littorals
• Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE ,Yemen  are comes under West Asian Littorals
• Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, France, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania are comes under East African Littorals
•  Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, Timor Leste  are comes under south East Asian and Australian littorals