Mauritius gets security boost

on January 18, 2017

Capabilities boosted with new vessel.

Mauritius commissions patrol vessel, receives two helicopters

Mauritius has commissioned into service its new patrol vessel CGS Victory for the National Coast Guard as well as two Chetak helicopters for its Police Helicopter Squadron.

The equipment was delivered by India and commissioned in a ceremony last month in Port Louis that was attended by Prime Minister Anerood Jugnauth and Indian Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar in the first such visit of an Indian defence minister to Mauritius.

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Source: defenceweb.co.za

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