MEDIA RELEASE BY MINISTRY OF DEFENCE AND
MILITARY VETERANS
Multi-National Exercise between Indian,
Brazil and South African Navies: Exercise
IBSAMAR 10 – 26 September 2010.
Date of release 07 September 2010
The Navies of South Africa, India and Brazil
will take part in trilateral military exercises
off the South African coast in Durban, Port
Elizabeth and Cape Town from 10 – 26 September
2010. The acronym stands for India Brazil South
Africa Maritime Exercises and it will be the
second time the exercise is taking place. The
aim and objective of the military exercise is to
increase interoperability, enhance military and
diplomatic understanding and cooperation among
the Navies of the three nations.
It was decided that the IBSAMAR exercises
will always be hosted in South Africa (due to
our geographic location) and that the lead
country will alternate. Two years ago it was the
South African Navy that was the lead player, and
this time the Indian Navy will be the lead navy.
The Western Fleet of the Indian Navy will be
fielding four of its frontline ships, namely INS
MYSORE, INS Tabar and GANGA and INS ADITYA.
Brazil’s Navy will field frigate of the NITEROI
Class and a Lynx Helicopter. The hosts, South
Africa, will field the two frigates SAS AMATOLA
AND SAS SPIOENKOP, SAS GALESHEWE, Offshore
Patrol Vessel (OPV), in addition to one of their
Type-209 submarines SAS QUEEN MODJADJI I and SAS
DRAKENSBERG. The SA Air Force will deploy Oryx
and Lynx Helicopters, as well as Gripen, Hawk
and Impala aircraft.
The Indian ships will be on a two-month
deployment and will also visit a few countries
in Africa, Mauritius and the Seychelles. They
will undertake mutually agreed upon
capacity-building and capability enhancement
activities during port-calls and also carry out
training-interaction with the Armed Forces of
the countries.
The efforts to forge strong and enduring
multi-dimensional trilateral linkages between
the leading economies of the South American,
South African and South Asian regions has met
with both support and success, leading to the
creation, at Brasilia on the 6th of June 2003,
of the IBSA (India, Brazil, South African)
Dialogue Forum. The main objective of this
Dialogue Forum is to promote South-South
dialogue, cooperation and the adoption of common
position on issues of international importance.
Defence Cooperation ‘is one of the formally
identified areas of constructive engagement
between these three dynamic and fast-developing
economies.
Given the realities of geography of three
countries from three continents united by two
oceans, this defence cooperation can be
progressed most obviously in the maritime field.
Thus, the navies of India, Brazil and South
Africa met at Simon ‘s Town in South Africa,
from the 2nd to the 16th of May 2008, for the
inaugural ’IBSA Maritime Exercise.
NOTES TO EDITORS
Media will be awarded the opportunity to send
photographers on an Offshore Patrol Vessel and a
helicopter to take footage of ships arriving in
Durban Harbour (Terminal). The times of arrival
of the various ships will be as follows:
Arrival of Brazilian Ship:
Date: 09 Sep 10
Venue: Passenger Terminal, Durban Harbour
Arrival of Indian Ships
Date: 10 Sep 10
Venue: Passenger Terminal, Durban Harbour
Media representatives are to note that space
onboard the helicopter is limited. Those members
that are interested in sending photographers to
cover the arrival of ships to port must send
their details (full names and telephone numbers)
to Lieutenant Rachel Dulamo by no later than
Wednesday 08 Sep 10 at 12:00. The members will
be accommodated on a first come, first serve
basis. Those members that cannot be accommodated
on a helicopter will be placed onboard an
Offshore Patrol Vessel. Please note that media
representatives are to wear comfortable clothes
with closed shoes (no high heels). Those members
who have been accredited will be contacted with
the detailed time arrangements as to where they
must be in order to be on time for either the
helicopter or the OPV.
Editors can also send their journalists for a
combined media briefing onboard an Indian ship
INS MYSORE. on 10 Sep 2010 at 15h00.The ship
will be berthed at the M, N and O berth at the
passenger terminal at Durban Harbour.
Ends.
ISSUED BY: Department Defence
Defence Corporate Communication (Media Liaison)
ENQUIRIES Commander PrinceTshabalala
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Lieutenant Rachel Dulamo
Media Liaison Officer
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