ABU DHABI // Navies for member countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council concluded a military exercise in the UAE this week.
The Khaleej Al Salam 15 (Gulf of Peace) naval exercise took place on Saturday and Sunday as part of annual joint training.
Coast guard forces of the Oman, the UAE and Qatar conducted the tri-lateral war games, while Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Kuwait observed.
Khaleej Al Salam 15 is one in a series of annual training exercises aimed at promoting joint miliary cooperation between GCC coast guard forces in a real war situation, improving combat preparedness and cooperation in joint naval operations to counter challenges to GCC states.
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