New Delhi, Nov. 4 -- Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff (DCNS) Vice Admiral Tarun Sobti has stated that even though the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) is critical to the prosperity of nations world-wide, it is also beset with numerous maritime challenges.
"Issues such as piracy and armed robbery, irregular human migration, contraband smuggling, IUU fishing, hybrid maritime security threats and environmental degradation are ever-present threats to our shared security," he said while speaking at the third edition of the Maritime Information Sharing Workshop, hosted by the Indian Navy's Information Fusion Centre - Indian Ocean Region (IFC-IOR) at Gurugram today.
The IFC-IOR network today includes liaison officers from 15 partner nations and linkages...