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. MNEK 2023 was organized in the backdrop of China and the United States having launched an onslaught of military diplomacy in the region, staging more frequent war games with allies and partners around Taiwan, and in the busy waterways of the South China Sea and the western Pacific.