RIYADH, 15 January 2022, (TON): The Saudi Ministry of Defense said “the Royal Saudi Naval Forces concluded a joint maritime exercise with their counterparts from the Jordanian Armed Forces.”

Safe Beach 5, which began on Sunday, took place in the Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Fleet.

Maj. Gen. Ali bin Saeed Al-Shehri, commander of the participating forces, thanked the participants from the Royal Jordanian Naval Forces for their cooperation and said the fifth staging of the joint exercise had been completed with a high degree of skill.

The exercise is designed to boost military cooperation, coordination and the exchange of expertise between the nations’ forces, authorities said. A number of operations took place with the aim of raising levels of readiness and enhancing combat capabilities.

Col. Khalid bin Mohammed Al-Balawi, the director of the exercise, said that the participants in Safe Beach 5 successfully completed all of its stages, theoretical and operational, with high levels of skill and proficiency, which reflected the quality of the preparation, coordination and implementation.

He said “the goals set for this exercise were achieved with all seriousness and in the spirit of unified joint actio.”