Colombo Security Conclave

Why in news?

• At the first Colombo Security Conclave virtual workshop, the participating nations including India agreed to work for cooperation in the field of cyber security.

About Colombo Security Conclave:

• It is a security dialogue between the National Security Advisors of Sri Lanka, India and Maldives, which was undertaken in November 2020.
• It aims to forge closer cooperation on maritime and security matters among the three Indian Ocean countries.

Area of cooperation includes

• Enhance Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA)
• Sharing of Automatic Identification System (AIS) and Long Range Identification and Tracking (LRIT) data
• Training and capacity building initiative.
• Oil Pollution Response
• Joint activities including trilateral exercises, maintaining lines of communication on illegal maritime activities, formulation of marine oil pollution response contingency plan
• Humanitarian assistance and disaster relief
• Cooperation in legal and policy issues related to piracy, hydrography, maritime and underwater heritage

Add ons:

• The ‘Focused Operation’ conducted between the navies of the three countries was the first operational cooperation under the CSC.

PRACTICE QUESTION:

‘Colombo Security Conclave’ is a security dialogue partnership among which of the following countries?

(a) India, Sri Lanka and Maldives

(b) China, Sri Lanka and Myanmar

(c) India, Sri Lanka and Myanmar

(d) India, Nepal and Bhutan

Answer