The navies of India and France recently conducted their second joint patrolling in the French island of La Reunion in the South-Western Indian Ocean.

• Objective: To demonstrate “joint surveillance and patrolling operations” capabilities.
• La Reunion is an island in the Indian Ocean that is an overseas department and region of France.
• It is located approximately 950km east of the island of Madagascar and 175 km southwest of the island of Mauritius.
• Réunion is an outermost region of the European Union and is part of the eurozone.