Yambu: The Saudi Navy has launched a joint naval exercise in the western Red Sea in collaboration with the border countries. Naval personnel from Jordan, Egypt, Sudan, Djibouti and Yemen, along the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, are participating in the Red Wave 5 exercise.
The joint naval exercise is being enhanced using state-of-the-art warships and science and technology. The training camp is attended by a large number of members of the Somali Navy, the Royal Saudi Land Force, the Air Force, the Brigade and the Navy.
Yahya bin Mohammed, commander of the Western Fleet and Commander-in-Chief of the exercise, explained that the main objective of the exercise was to achieve impeccable security in all parts of the Red Sea, enhance military cooperation, exchange mutual ideas in naval operations, and exchange military experiences between different countries.
He added that the exercise also aims to achieve maritime security and complete security of maritime transport in the Red Sea, given the importance of the Red Sea to the nations of the world as a major economic sector in the Red Sea. The ‘Red Wave 5′ training program will lead to the use and encouragement of different countries’ different strategies and their greater commitment to security. The Saudi Press Agency reports that the joint military exercise will further strengthen the friendly and full-fledged cooperation that Saudi Arabia has established with various countries.
