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India’s maiden trilateral exercise with Mozambique and Tanzania

Context
The first edition of India-Mozambique-Tanzania Trilateral Exercise (IMT TRILAT), commenced Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania.

Details

• It is a joint maritime exercise among the navies of the three countries including both harbour and sea phases.
• The main objectives include capability development to address common threats through training and sharing of best practices, enhancing interoperability, and strengthening maritime cooperation.

Significance of the exercise
The exercise is a reflection of India’s attempt to enhancing maritime security and cooperation with maritime neighbours in the Indian Ocean Region and promoting SAGAR, Safety and Growth for All in the Region.

Goa Maritime Symposium, 2022

Context
The fourth edition of the Goa Maritime Symposium is being conducted by the Naval War College (NWC) at Goa.

Background

• The Goa Maritime Symposium is a forum for fostering collaborative thinking, cooperation and mutual understanding between India and key maritime nations of the Indian Ocean Region.
• It was first held in 2016 and is conducted biennially.

Details

• The symposium is seeing participation from countries including Bangladesh, Comoros, Indonesia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritius, Myanmar, Seychelles, Singapore, Sri Lanka, and Thailand, besides India.
• The theme of GMS-2022 is “Maritime Security Challenges in the Indian Ocean Region: Converting Common Maritime Priorities into Collaborative Mitigation Frameworks”.