Indian Navy to Host 5th Goa Maritime Symposium

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The Indian Navy will host the 5th edition of the Goa Maritime Symposium at the Naval War College, Goa, starting 24 September.

An Overview of the News

• The event is organized by the Defence Ministry of India.

• The symposium aims to promote collaborative thinking, cooperation, and mutual understanding between India and key maritime nations in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR).

• The theme of the symposium is "Common Maritime Security Challenges in the Indian Ocean Region: Progressing Lines of Efforts to Mitigate Dynamic Threats".

Key Highlights:

• Discussions will focus on addressing illegal and unregulated fishing and other illegal maritime activities.

• The event will promote collaborative efforts to enhance maritime security in the region.

• Naval representatives from 12 Indian Ocean Littoral countries—Bangladesh, Comoros, Indonesia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritius, Myanmar, Seychelles, Singapore, Sri Lanka, and Thailand—will participate.

• Observers from Kenya and Tanzania will also attend the two-day symposium.