Eastern Fleet Thailand Visit Concludes as Ships Depart Sattahip

Eastern Fleet Thailand visit drew to a close on 29 June as Indian Naval Ships Udaygiri, Kavaratti and Shakti sailed out of Sattahip, continuing their deployment further into the South East Asia region. The three platforms, under the command of RAdm Alok Ananda, Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Fleet, had spent several days alongside the Royal Thai Navy before weighing anchor, following an arrival at the same port earlier in the deployment.

Eastern Fleet Thailand Visit Built on Leadership Talks

During the stay, naval leadership from both sides met to discuss bilateral cooperation, ways to sharpen interoperability between the two fleets, and shared maritime security interests across the wider Indo-Pacific. Crews from the Indian and Thai navies also worked through a schedule of professional exchanges, operational interactions and sporting fixtures, the kind of low-key engagement that tends to do as much for working-level trust as any formal communique.

India Thailand Maritime Ties Run Deep

The Sattahip stop forms part of a broader pattern of Indian naval engagement with South East Asian capitals through this deployment cycle, building on a partnership New Delhi has nurtured with Bangkok for years, one reinforced earlier this month at the India Thailand Defence Dialogue in New Delhi.

Reception Aboard the Visiting Ships

A reception was hosted onboard INS Udaygiri and INS Kavaratti during the port call. The Ambassador of India to Thailand attended, alongside senior officers of the Royal Thai Navy, diplomats based in the country, and prominent members of the Indian community in Thailand.

MAHASAGAR Vision Frames the Deployment

New Delhi has framed the wider deployment as advancing its MAHASAGAR vision, Mutual and Holistic Advancement for Security and Growth Across Regions, built around the idea of a more connected maritime community, a doctrine also threaded through the Indian Navy's Atlantic outreach with INS Sudarshini. The Navy said the port call also reflected its continuing commitment to collective security and regional partnership building, with camaraderie and cooperative ties between India and Thailand cited as the underlying theme of the visit.

Eastern Fleet Sails On

The three ships left Sattahip on 29 June for further stops as part of the ongoing Eastern Fleet deployment to the South East Asia region.

Official details of the visit are available via the Indian Navy, the Ministry of External Affairs, and the Press Information Bureau.