• Trilateral coast guard exercise ‘Dosti 16’ kicked off in Maldives
• The biennial exercise Dosti was last conducted in 2021.
• Exercise Dosti was first conducted in 1991 between the Indian and Maldives Coast Guards.
  • Sri Lanka joined the exercise for the first time in 2012.

The exercises have focused on exercises and drills on providing assistance in sea accidents, eliminating sea pollution, and the coast guard’s procedure and conduct during situations such as oil spills.