Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla States That Militarization Always Adds To Complexities

Latest reports have been coming in from Ministry of External Affairs from where Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla while speaking st a case for proactive role for IOR Navies has said that blue economy supports an increased number of coastal economic and population centres. 

Natural disasters can and do affect them according to Foreign Secretary HV Shringla at Goa Maritime Conclave on ‘Maritime Security and Emerging Non-Traditional Threats. 

The Foreign Secretary was speaking for a Case for Proactive Role for IOR Navies.

The Foreign Secretary further added that they also provide targets for terrorists, supported and encouraged by the resources of governments. 

Using the oceans to move and infiltrate, they threaten offshore and coastal assets according to Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla.

Such terrorists tend to combine with transnational criminals. These alliances escalate instability and violence levels exponentially.

Another set of challenges arises from geopolitical volatilities. A lack of commitment to settled international law has led to increased militarization of the region. 

Militarization always adds to complexities added Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla.

The Indian Ocean Region, it is quite obvious, will face an increasingly complicated, rapidly evolving, and more demanding security situation, with an ever-increasing battery of threats and uncertainties added Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla.