new Delhi . The Indian Navy is working jointly with 21 countries and 22 multi-national agencies for quick exchange of information related to maritime activities in the Indian Ocean region, indicating its growing global reach.
The Indian Navy at all times monitors 12,000 ships and 300 fishing vessels in the Indian Ocean region. Apart from this, there are about three lakh Indian fishing vessels operating in the sea and their movements also remain monitored by the Navy.
The Indian Ocean region covers 75 percent of the world’s maritime trade and 50 percent of global consumption passes through it. This is the reason that the security measures of many countries are included in it.
Now the Indian Navy is able to get real-time information in the Indian Ocean region through its Information Fusion Center.
The 21 countries with which India is working under an association for quick exchange of information in the Indian Ocean include countries like Australia, France, Italy, Japan, Maldives, US, New Zealand, Mauritius, Myanmar and Bangladesh. . Along with this, India along with 22 other national agencies are also monitoring the activities of the region.
The International Fusions Center, located in Gurugram, was started in December 2018 to provide maritime information to member countries.
Three countries France, Japan and the United States have sent their liaison officers to the center for better coordination and real-time sharing of maritime activities, while many more countries have their own contacts with the end of the Kovid-19 epidemic. Officers are expected to deploy.
Sources said that the Indian Navy has to go ahead with the White Shipping Agreement with 36 countries, of which 22 have been signed.
Earlier this month there was a ‘Malabar’ maritime exercise between the navies of the Quad (a group of four countries). This included India, America, Japan and Australia. The exercise was conducted in two phases in the Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea by the Navy of the four countries to increase surveillance in the Indian Ocean region and to intensify security matters.
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