MISSION SAGAR-2
- Airavat INS departed the port in 2020 November. Where this ship supplied food to Eritrea, South Sudan, Djibouti, and Sudan.
- In addition to completing the humanitarian mission, India was also improving its strategic position in the region, because these nations were situated along the main maritime route between the Red Sea and the Suez Canal. As a result, they are important maritime routes that may be useful strategically during conflicts.
Mission Sagar
The epidemic left several nations fighting for their lives. In such a situation, the Indian government took initiative and created Mission Sagar in 2020, a program to provide humanitarian and medical help to its coastal states. They sent necessities, such as medicines, to the ports of India’s maritime allies. The goal of this initiative is for India and its maritime neighbors to work together on economic and security matters.
The COVID-19 epidemic led the Indian government to carry out the Sagar initiative’s aim of supplying vital humanitarian aid to its marine neighbors. All of the island nations in the western Indian Ocean were covered at once for the first time, with the exception of Sri Lanka, where the second batch of medications was delivered. This mission, known as “Mission Sagar,” builds on the excellent connections already present between these nations and is consistent with India’s responsibility as the first responder in the area in order to tackle the COVID-19 outbreak and its attendant issues. Till March 2022, eight such missions were launched under Mission Sagar, which were completed by Indian Navy ships.