Iranian Destroyer Arrives in Sri Lanka
December 13, 2010 07:55 am
The Iranian Navy commanders along with the crew of
The ceremony was attended by the commanders and military
delegations of more than 26 world countries, during which a number of warships,
including Iran’s Alvand destroyer, participated.
The Iranian Navy’s delegation also held meetings with a number of Sri Lankan
military officials, and discussed ways to improve security in the
The two sides also exchanged views over a wide range of other issues, including
the challenges facing maritime security, maritime rules, emergence of new
threats, movement of the world’s economic pole to
The Iranian Navy has recently boosted its extraterritorial missions. It has,
thus far, dispatched 10 flotillas of warships to the
Iranian Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari in September stressed
Iran’s continued naval deployment in the high seas, and said that he Iranian
Navy’s presence in the high seas and international waters is part of Tehran’s
strategy for defending its interests abroad.
The Iranian Navy has been conducting anti-piracy patrols in
high seas, including the Gulf of Aden, since November 2008, when Somali raiders
hijacked the Iranian-chartered cargo ship, MV Delight, off the coast of
Also, Sayyari announced last month that