Stronger regional security network key in changing global order: Doval

NATIONAL Security Adviser Ajit Doval Thursday underscored the “significance” of strengthening regional partnerships amid a “rapidly changing and challenging global security environment,” as he opened the NSA-level meeting of the Colombo Security Conclave (CSC) in New Delhi.

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Speaking to delegations from member-states the Maldives, Mauritius, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh with Seychelles present as an observer and Malaysia as a guest, Doval stressed that the CSC has become a critical platform since its establishment in 2020. “Realising the growing importance of strengthening regional partnership amongst the countries of the Indian Ocean region, we came together... to reinforce cooperation in vital matters of security,” he said.