{"id":120555,"date":"2021-11-23T16:50:15","date_gmt":"2021-11-23T23:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=120555"},"modified":"2021-11-23T16:50:15","modified_gmt":"2021-11-23T23:50:15","slug":"exercise-dosti-coast-guards-of-india-maldives-and-sri-lanka-conduct-military-drills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2021\/11\/23\/exercise-dosti-coast-guards-of-india-maldives-and-sri-lanka-conduct-military-drills\/","title":{"rendered":"Exercise &#8216;Dosti&#8217;: Coast Guards of India, Maldives and Sri Lanka Conduct Military Drills"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Courtesy News18<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/ibnlive\/uploads\/2021\/11\/indian-coast-guard-16376363663x2.jpg?impolicy=website&amp;width=510&amp;height=356\" alt=\"Exercise Dosti was initiated in 1991 between the Indian and the Maldives' coast guards.  (Image for representation only: Reuters)\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Exercise Dosti was initiated in 1991 between the Indian and the Maldives&#8217; coast guards. (Image for representation only: Reuters)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Indian Coast Guard vessels Vajra and Apoorva have been deployed for the exercise.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The coast guards of India, the Maldives and Sri Lanka are currently conducting a five-day military exercise to enhance interoperability and cooperation, officials said on Monday. The 15th edition of the trilateral exercise, Dosti&#8221;, began in the Maldives on Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Indian Coast Guard vessels Vajra and Apoorva have been deployed for the exercise. The aim of the India-Maldives-Sri Lanka trilateral exercise is to further fortify the friendship and enhance the operational capability,&#8221; said an official.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Exercise Dosti was initiated in 1991 between the Indian and the Maldives\u2019 coast guards. Sri Lanka joined the exercise for the first time in 2012.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Courtesy News18 Exercise Dosti was initiated in 1991 between the Indian and the Maldives&#8217; coast guards. (Image for representation only: Reuters) Indian Coast Guard vessels Vajra and Apoorva have been deployed for the exercise. The coast guards of India, the Maldives and Sri Lanka are currently conducting a five-day military exercise to enhance interoperability and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-120555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-security"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120555"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120555\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}