- Director General of Indian Coast Guard Rakesh Pal will be inaugurating the four-day meeting
- A total of 19 International delegates from 15 countries will be participating in the meeting
- The objective of this meeting is to understand the updated situation of maritime piracy and armed robbery against ships in Asia, exchange each other’s experiences
NE NEWS SERVICE
GANDHINAGAR, DEC 10
The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) will host the 15th edition of ‘Capacity Building Senior Officers’ Meeting (CBSOM-2023) with the Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia (ReCAAP) from Monday to Friday, December 11-15 at Gandhinagar, Gujarat to combat maritime piracy.
As a #NavyWeek activity, #NAE(Pbd) organised a medical camp at #Dharampur village. Free health & Dental check-up was conducted for the villagers & Govt school students. A join #IndianNavy drive was carried out along with promoting awareness on oral hygiene & healthy practices. pic.twitter.com/Vz1qQTYR1d
— Gujarat Naval Area (@IN_GDD) December 9, 2023
Director General of Indian Coast Guard Rakesh Pal will be inaugurating the four-day meeting participated by international and national subject matter experts speakers, as per a release issued by the Defence PRO, Gujarat.
⚓ *वयम् रक्षामः* ⚓️
In swift response to 🆘 fm Merchant ship 🚢 Anna Schulte, 40 Km into #sea off Mundra, Gulf of Kutch; @IndiaCoastGuard deployed ICG Ship403 to evacuate patient with grave hand injury#ICG #Medical team gave basic 🩺 management during evacuation to Mudra🏥 pic.twitter.com/lZGdKEtlkj— PRO Defence Gujarat (@DefencePRO_Guj) December 10, 2023
ReCAAP is the first and only regional government-to-government agreement to promote and enhance cooperation to suppress piracy and armed robbery against ships in Asia.
In remembrance of the supreme sacrifice of the brave sea warriors aboard #INSKhukri during the 1971 war, DC Diu along with #IndianNavy personnel from @IN_GDD & #NCC Cadets paid homage/ respects during a solemn ceremony at Khukri Memorial #Diu on 09 December.#HarKaamDeshKeNaam pic.twitter.com/6HxA2yIt6A
— Gujarat Naval Area (@IN_GDD) December 10, 2023
India became the 10th country to ratify the ReCAAP agreement enabling the Agreement to enter into force on September 4, 2006. Now, 21 countries are contracting parties to the ReCAAP agreement.
The Indian government has assigned responsibility of ReCAAP Focal Point to the Indian Coast Guard for sharing of information on Piracy to member countries and ReCAAP Information Sharing Centre, Singapore, as per the official release.
As a runup to #NavyDay23, #INSDwarka organised a #BloodDonation camp in collaboration with #GGHospital Jamnagar. In another outreach activity, families,Def Civilians & students of KV #Okha visited #INSVibhuti & were exposed to life onboard warships.#HarKaamDeshKeNaam#IndianNavy pic.twitter.com/Md2Y5XD18I
— Gujarat Naval Area (@IN_GDD) November 30, 2023
Earlier, too, the Indian Coast Guard successfully co-hosted Capacity Building workshops in India with ReCAAP ISC in 2011, 2017 and 2019.
The objective of this meeting is to understand the updated situation of maritime piracy and armed robbery against ships in Asia, exchange each other’s experiences, and evolve best practices to tackle such incidents with a collaborative approach from all the contracting parties.
A total of 19 International delegates from 15 countries will be participating in the meeting. In addition, senior officials from the national stakeholders such as the Indian Navy, major ports, State Maritime Boards, Directorate General of Shipping including other maritime organisations are also expected to participate in this meeting, the release said.
