Commander of Navy First Region Rear-Admiral Hossein Azad said on Saturday that two training and military ships named 'Rahnavard' and 'Nasr' from Pakistan arrived in Bandar Abbas to participate in joint Navy exercises with Iranian Navy, Irna reported.
The commander told a press conference that arrangements have been made in cooperation with the scientific, military and cultural centers of the two countries for the joint Navy exercises.
He said that the 40th flotilla of Iranian Navy were dispatched to north of Indian Ocean.
Meanwhile, the Navy commander said that the Iranian Navy flotilla since beginning their mission have escorted 2,250 cargo ships in the area for 250 times to save them from armed conflicts with sea pirates.