Draft Reciprocal Exchange Of Logistics Agreement (RELOS):
Russia has approved a draft logistics agreement with India, ending years of delays.
- Reciprocal Exchange of Logistics Agreement (RELOS) is an administrative arrangement between India and Russia to enhance military cooperation.
- It streamlines military logistics support, making joint operations more efficient and cost-effective.
- Facilitates replenishment of supplies, providing berthing facilities for troops, warships, and aircraft during both wartime and peacetime missions.
- Enables smoother use of host nation’s logistics networks, swift crisis response, and reduces overall mission costs.
- Enhances India’s maritime influence and awareness, and improves information exchange about maritime activities.
- Balances India’s logistics agreements with Quad countries and Russia’s non-Quad stance, countering US and Chinese regional influence.
- Supports India’s Arctic research, focusing on links between Arctic Sea ice melt and Indian monsoon systems
