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Indian, French Navies free 14 hostages from Somali pirates

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    • Agencies Tags : Indian navy, French Navy, hostages, Somali pirates Posted: Thursday , Jul 16, 2009 at 1756 hrs

    After being released, the dhow's crew contacted the Indian warship and sought assistance from the Navy.

    After boarding the dhow with the French sailors, the Navy provided food, water and medicines to the 14 member crew, which was found to be safe. After the incident, the dhow is now heading towards Al Mukkalla in Yemen.

    "These proactive actions taken by the Indian and French Naval ships demonstrate the value of combined exercises and operations undertaken by the two Navies in regular exercises," officers said.

    Codenamed 'Varuna', India and France have been taking part in joint Naval exercises in the last few years.

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    IndianBy: T.Bose.(F/Lt.-IAF.Retd.) | 17-Jul-2009 Reply | Forward India should encourage co-operation with western navies more.India's relationship especially with France is WAXING now which is a very good sign! JAI HIND/VIVE LA(E)FRANCE!!
    Wonder what was the language of communicationBy: Manoj | 17-Jul-2009 Reply | Forward I wonder how good co-ordination could be made when each of the commander speaks in Hindi or French. And knowing the tweaking Indians and French do to their English, I really wonder how they could maintain high level of co-ordination. Namaste and Bon jeur.
    Public relation stunt?By: Cb | 17-Jul-2009 Reply | Forward Indian PM is visiting France (just concluded). Is this for real? I just googled the news and no western press has picked up the story.
    India welcomes this friendly alliance with FranceBy: niharika sharma | 17-Jul-2009 Reply | Forward It is a welcoming gift in the Indi-French ties after the visit of our prime minister to France.By honouring our defence services via their parade it only goes to show their sincerity and genuineness to strengthen the ties between the two nations.Their joint operation in freeing the hostages in a foreign country,in this case Somalia only goes to show their sincerity in working together with India and their wholehearted faith and belief towards India.India wwlcomes this friendly alliance.
    Killing the piratesBy: Eddy | 16-Jul-2009 Reply | Forward The world will be a better place if these Somali "pirates" who are nothing but islamo-facist terrorists are eliminated. I am glad the Indian navy is getting some practical experience in handling terrorism. It will stand us in good stead in the future.
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