Explanation

• INDONESIA hosted a multilateral naval exercise Komodo (MNEK) 2023 in its waters from June 5-8, 2023.
• Thirty-six countries including the US, UK, China, India, Japan, Pakistan, Russia and South Korea participated in the three-day military drill.
• The world’s biggest archipelago conducted a large-scale non-war exercise amid simmering tension in the Asia-Pacific region.