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Maritime security confab today

27 Nov 2020

Fourth trilateral meeting of NSA on maritime security

The Fourth National Security Advisors (NSA) level trilateral meeting on maritime security co-operation between India, the Maldives, and Sri Lanka will be held today and tomorrow (27-28 November) in Colombo with the participation of senior-level delegations representing national security and military personnel. [caption id="attachment_66925" align="alignleft" width="300"] India’s National Security Adviser Shri Ajit Doval[/caption] India’s National Security Adviser Shri Ajit Doval and Maldivian Defence Minister Mariya Didi arrived in Colombo early today (27) on invitation from the Secretary to the Ministry of Defence Maj. Gen. (Retd.) Kamal Gunaratne. India’s National Security Adviser and the Maldivian Defence Minister are expected to lead senior-level delegations to attend the trilateral meeting, while delegations from Bangladesh, Mauritius, and Seychelles are expected to participate as observers. The high-level engagement that covers a wide range of subjects is designed to initiate collective action on maritime security, including maritime domain awareness, legal regimes, training, search and rescue, maritime pollution response, information sharing, curbing piracy, drugs, and arms and contraband trafficking in the Indian Ocean Region. The meeting is convened this year after six years since the last meeting in New Delhi in 2014, preceded by two previous forums in Sri Lanka and the Maldives, respectively. The heads of the delegation are also scheduled to conduct bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the trilateral meeting.  


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