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Next Komodo drill to focus on maritime peace
INDONESIA: On the back of the successful Multilateral Naval Exercise Komodo (MNEK) this year, the Indonesian Navy will hold a similar exercise in 2016, focusing on maritime peacekeeping operations
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NDONESIA: On the back of the successful Multilateral Naval Exercise Komodo (MNEK) this year, the Indonesian Navy will hold a similar exercise in 2016, focusing on maritime peacekeeping operations.
'This year's exercise focused on humanitarian assistance and disaster relief,' MNEK's training director, Commodore Amarullah Octavian, told The Jakarta Post. 'The second exercise will focus on peace-keeping operations under the United Nations' flag.'
Amarullah said, however, that the location had yet to be decided.
The 2014 Komodo exercise officially ended on Thursday, with closing ceremonies held in three separate locations in Riau Islands province.
The Indonesian Military (TNI) fielded 4,800 personnel with 27 warships while foreign participants sent 1,500 personnel.
Besides ASEAN member countries and its partners of China, India, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, the United States and Russia, there were also observers from the United Nations and the European Union.
