The Indian Navy will host the fifth edition of the Goa Maritime Symposium at Naval War College, Goa, from tomorrow. The Defence Ministry said the Goa Maritime Symposium is a forum for fostering collaborative thinking, cooperation, and mutual understanding between India and key maritime nations of the Indian Ocean Region.

The theme for the event is Common Maritime Security Challenges in the Indian Ocean Region: Progressing Lines of Efforts to Mitigate Dynamic Threats such as illegal and unregulated fishing and other illegal maritime activities. The discussions will dwell on collaborative efforts towards enhancing maritime security in the region.

The two-day symposium will see the participation of Naval representatives from 12 Indian Ocean Littoral countries. These are Bangladesh, Comoros, Indonesia, Madagascar, Malaysia, the Maldives, Mauritius, Myanmar, the Seychelles, Singapore, Sri Lanka, and Thailand. The observers from Kenya and Tanzania will also attend the event.