GOA MARITIME SYMPOSIUM (GMS)

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Pradeep Kumar

14/05/21 10:10 AM IST

GOA MARITIME SYMPOSIUM (GMS) - 2021

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Indian Navy hosted ‘GMS-21’ under the aegis of Naval War College, Goa on 11 and 12 May 21.

Theme: “Maritime Security and Emerging Non-Traditional Threats: A Case for Proactive Role for IOR Navies,”

Highlights

The event for the first time was hosted in virtual mode, with online participation of Naval representatives from 13 Indian Ocean Littoral countries, which included India, Bangladesh, Comoros,
Indonesia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritius, Myanmar, Seychelles, Singapore, Sri Lanka and Thailand.
The emphasis was on capacity building amongst the IOR Navies to tackle emerging common maritime threats.

Significance

With the Indian Ocean becoming the locus of 21st century strategic landscape, the symposium will play a constructive role in bringing together the stakeholders who have a role in evolving strategies, policies and implementation mechanisms on the issues of common interest in maritime domain.

Source: PIB

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