Navies of India and Sri Lanka held three-day exercise in Trincomalee. The Eighth Edition of the annual Indian Navy and Sri Lanka Navy bilateral maritime exercise SLINEX-20 aimed to enhance inter-operability and to improve mutual understanding. Indian Navy tweeted, "Eighth Edition of Annual IndianNavy (IN) – SriLankaNavy (SLN) Bilateral Maritime Exercise SLINEX_20 scheduled off Trincomalee, SriLanka 19-21 Oct 2020."