NEW DELHI, August 6. /TASS/. A Group of Russian warships has called at the Indian port of Kochi on the southwestern coast, the Russian embassy said.

"The Varyag missile cruiser and the Marshal Shaposhnikov frigate of the Russian Pacific Fleet have called at the port of Kochi, India, Arabian Sea," it said.

"This visit confirms the close naval cooperation between Russia and India," it emphasized.