Russian anti-submarine ship of the Pacific
Fleet Admiral Panteleev, has also attended at ARNEX-2021 which represents the
Russian Federation at the exercise, on the outer roadstead of the port.
Indonesia deployed one frigate, KRI I Gusti
Ngurah Rai -332, one AS-565 helicopter, one CN235 aircraft, and 500 Indonesian
Navy personnel.
The exercise was held to increase cooperation and interaction between the Russian Navy and ASEAN countries and training in search and rescue (SAR) at sea.
After China and the US, Russia is the third
country to conduct naval exercises with the regional body.
Russia has been one of ASEAN's dialogue
partners since 1996, and Russia has become an ASEAN strategic partner in 2018. Russia
is also a member of the ADMM-Plus Forum, a Defence Forum between ASEAN and
eight dialogue partner countries established in 2010.
These countries consist of Australia, the USA, China, Russia, India, the Republic of Korea, Japan, and New Zealand.
