Address by the President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee at International Fleet Review 2016 - 06 Feb 2016 at Visakhapatnam.

 President Pranab Mukherjee inspected one of the largest maritime events in the recent past, as International Fleet Review 2016 (IFR 2016) took place off the Visakhapatnam coast. Close to 75 Indian warships and 24 from Navies across the globe sailed past the Presidential yacht- INS Sumitra, that, besides Mukherjee hosted Prime Minister Narendra Modi, defence minister Manohar Parrikar, three service chiefs besides others.

International Fleet Review 2016 is an International Military Exercise hosted and conducted by Indian Navy on behalf of the President of India. It's objective is to enhance mutual trust and confidence with neighboring navies by inviting their ships to participate in the event. Indian Navy is to display its maritime capabilities. The last International Fleet Review by Indian Navy was conducted in January 2001 at Mumbai. Around 49 countries, including, China, USA, UK, France an Australia participated in the event.