About SLINEX:

• SLINEX aims to enhance inter-operability, improve mutual understanding and exchange best practices and procedures for multi-faceted maritime operations between both navies.
• The Harbour Phase would include professional, cultural, sporting and social exchanges.
• SLINEX exemplifies the deep maritime engagement between India and Sri Lanka and has grown in scope over the years to strengthen mutual cooperation, in consonance with India’s policy of ‘Neighbourhood First’ and India’s vision of ‘Security and Growth for All in the Region (SAGAR)’.
• The exercise began in 2005.
• The eighth edition of SLINEX was conducted off Trincomalee in October 2020.