The CSC was established in 2020 when India, Sri Lanka and Maldives agreed to expand the scope and composition of the trilateral meeting on maritime cooperation.
New Delhi:
National Security Advisor Ajit Doval on Thursday emphasized the importance of the regional grouping’s Colombo Security Conference (CSC) in ensuring security and stability in the region. He made the remarks while speaking at the sixth NSA-level CSC meeting in Port Louis, Mauritius. CSC member countries are India, Maldives, Mauritius and Sri Lanka. Bangladesh and Seychelles are observers in the group. Member states reiterated the role and responsibility of the CSC in ensuring the safety, security and stability of the Indian Ocean region against traditional and non-traditional threats.
Indian High Commission in Mauritius said the high-level meeting agreed on the operational roadmap for 2024. Colombo Security Council (CSC) meeting today in Mauritius,” the high-level committee announced on X. “In his statement, NSA Shri Ajit Doval emphasized the important role of the CSC in ensuring regional security and stability, and emphasized the importance of continuing commitments under the pillars different cooperation. Members also agreed on the operating roadmap for 2024,” the press release said.
It is known that the meeting reviewed regional security scenarios and measures to strengthen security cooperation. The CSC was established in 2020 when India, Sri Lanka and Maldives agreed to expand the scope and composition of the trilateral meeting on maritime cooperation.
Maurice participated in the fifth meeting of the NSA conclave last March. Cooperation within the CSF focuses on five pillars, which are maritime safety and security, counter-terrorism and radicalization, counter-trafficking and transnational organized crime, cyber security and facility protection critical infrastructure, as well as humanitarian aid and disaster relief. Bangladesh and Seychelles have participated in previous trilateral meetings on maritime cooperation as well as the CSC as observer countries.
At the meeting in Port Louis, Member States reviewed the progress of decisions taken at the previous meeting at NSA level.
Over the past year, CSC member countries and observer countries have engaged in a number of activities covering areas such as marine pollution, coastal safety, oceanography and hydrology, and anti-funding responses. for terrorism and investigating terrorism cases, sources familiar with the matter said.
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