KARACHI – The five-day multinational naval exercise ‘Aman-2011’ was formally inaugurated by Commander Pakistan Fleet, Vice-Admiral Abbas Raza, on Tuesday. The naval exercises will continue until March 12 in the Arabian Sea under arrangements by Pakistan Navy. The participating countries, include Australia, China, France, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Sri Lanka, the UK and the US. The observer countries include Algeria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Brunei, Canada, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Libya, Malaysia, Maldives, Myanmar, Nigeria, the Netherlands, Oman, the Philippines, Poland, Qatar, Russia, Singapore, South Korea, Sudan, Thailand, UAE, Ukraine and Yemen.
