Indian Coast Guard and its UAE counterpart will take part in Joint Exercise and sharing of operational expertise in Dubai.
In the exercise, ICG will have representation by Samudra Pavak. The ship will sail to Oman, Qatar and S. Arabia.
Saumdra Pavak is the Purifier of Seas. It is the third of the Pollution Control Vessel of the ICG.
It has been indigenously deployed along the northwest maritime frontier to safeguard maritime interests of India.
It has also been tasked with EEZ surveillance, search and rescue, pollution response and other duties of the Coast Guard charter.
ICG: Know More- Headquarters: New Delhi
- Motto: वयम् रक्षामः (Sanskrit: We Protect)
- Founded: 18 August 1978
- Patrol: Dornier Do 228
