Muscat, The Royal Navy of Oman (RNO) carried

out the joint naval exercise “Search and Rescue” with the participation

of a number of vessels of the naval fleet of the Islamic Republic of Iran

in the territorial waters of Iran.

Conducting this exercise comes within the framework of the RNO’s

training plans with sisterly and friendly countries, which aims at

exchanging experiences and maintaining high efficiency in various

military fields.

The annual exercise comes on the sidelines of the meetings of

the joint Omani-Iranian Military Friendship Committee, which are being

held in the Iranian capital, Tehran during 4 to 10 May. The two sides

discuss a range of topics on the agenda of the meeting that would

contribute in upgrading the level of relations and strengthening ties of

the existing cooperation between the two friendly countries.

Source: Oman News Agency