India, Sept. 3 -- The ships of the First Training Squadron (1TS) of the Indian Navy - INS Tir, INS Shardul, and CGS Sarathi - have arrived at Port Victoria, Seychelles, as part of a long-range training deployment in the south-west Indian Ocean Region, officials said here on Tuesday.

The deployment of 1TS is the third port call of the Indian Navy ships to Seychelles in 2025, a Navy spokesperson said. Building "bridges of friendship" while training young minds, the ships of the 1TS arrived at Port Victoria on September 1.

And, 1TS is presently on long-range training deployment in the south-west Indian Ocean Region (IOR), the spokesperson said.

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