INDIAN NAVAL SHIP IMPHAL TO PARTICIPATE IN MAURITIUS NATIONAL DAY CELEBRATIONS 2025

Tags: Defence

Why in the news?

• Indian Naval Ship Imphal makes her maiden port call at Port Louis, the capital city of Mauritius, on 10 Mar 25. 

Important points:

• The ship will participate in the 57th Mauritius National Day celebrations on 12 March 2025. 
• The visit of INS Imphal is in keeping with the tradition of Indian warships and aircraft participating in Mauritius National Day celebrations. 
•  Shri Narendra Modi, the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, will be the Chief Guest at the celebrations. 
• The planned interactions are firmly underpinned by India’s ‘Neighborhood First’ policy and vision of SAGAR (Security and Growth for All in the Region) espoused by the Hon’ble Prime Minister exactly a decade ago at Mauritius on the occasion of the commissioning of MCGS Barracuda, the first Indian-built warship to be inducted into the Mauritius National Coast Guard on 12th March 2015. 
• Commissioned in December 2023, Imphal is the third of the four Project 15B (Visakhapatnam class) indigenous destroyers. 
• Equippedwith state-of-the-art weapons, sensors and machinery, she ranks amongst the largest and most technologically advanced warships in the world.