New Delhi: The fifth edition of the Indian Navy’s two-day Goa Maritime Symposium (GMS-24) got underway at Naval War College, Goa on September 23.
The symposium was conceptualised and instituted by the Indian Navy in 2016. The GMS is a forum for fostering collaborative thinking, cooperation and mutual understanding between India and key maritime nations of the Indian Ocean Region (IOR).
The theme for the event is “Common Maritime Security Challenges in the Indian Ocean Region – Progressing Lines of Efforts to Mitigate Dynamic Threats such as Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing and other Illegal Maritime Activities”. The discussions will dwell on collaborative efforts towards enhancing maritime security in the region.
The symposium will see participation of Naval representatives from 12 Indian Ocean Littoral countries – Bangladesh, Comoros, Indonesia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritius, Myanmar, Seychelles, Singapore, Sri Lanka and Thailand. Observers from Kenya and Tanzania will also attend the event.
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