India, Oct. 5 -- Indian Navy's indigenous stealth frigate INS Sahyadri made a port call at Kemaman port in Malaysia, on October 2, as part of the Eastern Fleet Operational Deployment to the South China Sea and Indo-Pacific, officials said on Sunday.

"The ship was accorded a warm welcome by the Royal Malaysian Navy, celebrating enduring cultural ties and shared maritime traditions between the two nations," read a statement issued by the Indian Ministry of Defence.

Indigenously designed INS Sahyadri

Indigenously designed, constructed and commissioned in 2012, INS Sahyadri is the third ship of the Shivalik Class Guided Missile Stealth Frigates.

This is the third visit by INS Sahyadri to Malaysia.

The ship had earlier visited Port Klang ...