12 Navy chiefs to partake in GMC-21

New Delhi, Nov 5: Navy Chiefs of 12 countries from the Indian Ocean Region will participate in the Indian Navy’s three-day-long maritime conclave starting on Sunday in Goa, according to an official statement.
This will be the third edition of the Goa Maritime Conclave (GMC-21). It will build upon the working level deliberations of the Goa Maritime Symposium-21 held in May this year, the Indian Navy’s statement mentioned.
The theme for GMC-21 is ‘Maritime security and emerging non-traditional threats: A case for a proactive role for IOR navies’, derived keeping in mind the necessity of ‘winning everyday peace’ in the maritime domain, it said. Goa Maritime Symposium-21 was the Sherpa event for GMC-21, the statement noted.
“At the GMC-21, Indian Navy Chief Admiral Karambir Singh would be hosting Chiefs of navies or Heads of maritime forces from 12 Indian Ocean littorals, including Bangladesh, Comoros, Indonesia, Madagascar, Malaysia, the Maldives, Mauritius, Myanmar, Seychelles, Singapore, Sri Lanka and Thailand,” it mentioned. (PTI)