New Delhi: Citing a set of maritime challenges including an increase in militarization and terrorist activities, the foreign secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said that the Indian Ocean region will face the increasingly complicated, rapidly growing security situation, and more demanding, with an increasing threat battery and uncertainty.
In his speech in the maritime of Goa, Shringla said that non-traditional threats and new technologies have been combined to form a completely new spectrum of sub-conventional threats and security issues.
He said that terrorists, supported and driven by government resources, threatened offshore and coastal assets using the ocean to move and infiltrate.
“Such terrorists tend to join transnational criminals.
This alliance increases the level of instability and violence exponentially,” said the Secretary of Foreign Affairs, according to a statement by the external ministry.
Conclary was attended by Defense Secretary Ajay Kumar and Naval Chiefs and other representatives from Bangladesh, Comoros, Indonesia, Madagascar, Maldives, Malaysia, Mauritius, Myanmar, Seychelles, Singapore, Sri Lanka and Thailand.
A set of other challenges arises from geopolitical volatility, foreign secretaries highlighted.
“The lack of commitment to settle down international law has led to an increase in the militarization of the region.
The militarization always adds to the complexity,” Shringla said.
“The Indian Ocean region, it is quite clear, it will face an increasingly complicated, rapidly growing security situation, and more demanding, with increasing batteries from threats and uncertainty,” he added, and highlighted that India was preparing and willing to do it in handling this problem.
Shringla noted that Indo Pacific Indo’s vision is based on the principle of ‘ASEAN-CENTALITY’, adding that the concept of Indo Pacific India is inclusive in nature and supports the approach that respects the right to freedom of navigation and overflights for all in the international international.
“The Indian approach is based on cooperation and collaboration, given the need for joint responses to share challenges in this region,” he said.
Shringla suggested that the international community be able to work to strengthen the structure, understanding, procedure, and resources, which are deployed.
“We cannot anticipate any problems that will appear.
But we can work on strengthening structures, understanding, procedures, and resources, which are deployed.
This will allow us to manage known problems better.
This will also allow us to create capacity ‘Surge’ to deal with unknown, “he said.
Highlighting the importance of institutional dialogue between maritime security institutions in partner countries, Shringla said that this dialogue can contribute to improving security related results.
“Dialogue and other mechanisms help in the generation of SOPs and promotions of interoperability.
Maritime security conclaves involving India, Sri Lanka, Maldives and other regional partners are one such example,” he said.
IOR faces a complicated security situation with increasing threats from terrorists supported by the Government: Shringla
