Indian coast guard ship on three-day visit to Manila

Philippine Coast Guard personnel (inset) welcome the arrival on March 25 of Indian Coast Guard ship Samudra Paheredar as India’s External Affairs Minister S.Jaishankar also visits the country. - PDI

MANILA: An Indian Coast Guard ship (ICGS) made a port call in Manila on Monday (March 25), the first stop of an overseas deployment in South-East Asia.

The Samudra Paheredar docked at South Harbor’s Pier 15 for the three-day goodwill tour, coinciding with the visit of India’s External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, as both countries look to strengthen wide-ranging cooperation in areas such as defence and trade.