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Iranian Navy flotilla leaves for Baku

Politics Materials 16 October 2016 12:29 (UTC +04:00)
An Iranian Navy flotilla has left the country’s northern waters for an overseas mission to Baku, capital of Azerbaijan, as a friendly symbolic act
Iranian Navy flotilla leaves for Baku

Baku, Azerbaijan, Oct. 16

By Farhad Daneshvar – Trend:

An Iranian Navy flotilla has left the country’s northern waters for an overseas mission to Baku, capital of Azerbaijan, as a friendly symbolic act.

The Iranian flotilla including the home-made Damavand destroyer and a missile-armed vessel, dubbed Joshan departed from the country’s Caspian port city of Bandar Anzali on Sunday morning, Tasnim news agency reported.

Iranian officials have said that the country’s navy is “the messenger of peace and friendship in the region”.

The visit comes amid a plan by the Iranian navy in a bid to boost friendly maritime ties between the Caspian littoral states.

In exchange, warships from Caspian littoral states are also expected to dock at Iranian ports.
Back in 2015, Damavand destroyer docked in the southern Russian port city of Astrakhan to convey a message of peace and friendship and boost mutual cooperation aimed at maintaining security in the Caspian Sea.

The Russian Navy also sent two Russian warships of the Volgodonsk and Makhachkala to the Anzali port in northern Iran.

According to the Iranian media reports, Damavand destroyer, equipped with modern radar, electronic and reconnaissance systems, was delivered to the country’s naval forces stationed in Anzali in March 2015.

Iran has recently made major breakthroughs in its defense sector and attained self-sufficiency in producing important military equipment and systems.

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