Pakistan, Nov. 13 -- The 24th edition of the Malabar exercise commenced on 3rd November 2020. Exercise Malabar is a trilateral naval exercise involving the United States, Japan and India as permanent partners. Originally, Malabar commenced in 1992 as a bilateral exercise between India and the United States. The first naval exercise, named Malabar-I, between India and the United States was held in May 1992. It was of an elementary level, including passing exercises and basic manoeuvres. Three exercises were conducted before 1998, when the Americans suspended the exercises following India's test of nuclear weapons. US had imposed sanctions on both India and Pakistan, which had followed suit, conducting tit-for-tat nuclear weapons tests.

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