Crowd in the Indian Ocean. What is the Georgian navy doing there?

Cutlass Express exercises are underway in the Indian Ocean off the coast of East Africa with the participation of warships from 19 countries, organized and financed by the US African Command (AFRICOM) and conducted by the US Sixth Fleet.

Participating countries include the African Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Senegal, Seychelles, Somalia, Tanzania and Tunisia; there are also India, the United States, Great Britain, France and, to the surprise of observers of these maneuvers, Georgia.

“These exercises have been designed to engage multiple nations because the challenges we face in Africa are the same as those faced in other parts of the world,” he explained. Georgia in these maneuvers. Gen. Dagvin Anderson, AFRICOM commander, in a statement posted on the website of the US Department of State.

The maneuvers, which last from Monday (until February 12), are a prelude to the largest exercises in Africa announced by the general, which will be held in Moroccan waters in May under the name African Lion. In addition to 19 African countries, six European navies and ships from several South American and Middle Eastern countries will take part. (PAP)

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