{"id":10504,"date":"2025-10-31T18:59:56","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T13:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/?p=10504"},"modified":"2025-10-31T18:59:56","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T13:29:56","slug":"indo-pacific-regional-dialogue-2025-day-2-proceedings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/?p=10504","title":{"rendered":"INDO-PACIFIC REGIONAL DIALOGUE 2025 : DAY 2 PROCEEDINGS"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Posted On: 29 OCT 2025 6:30PM by PIB Delhi<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
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The second day of the Indo-Pacific Regional Dialogue 2025 (IPRD-2025), which began on 28 October 2025, comprised two engaging sessions, both held under the overarching theme of\u00a0\u2018Promoting Holistic Maritime Security and Growth: Regional Capacity-Building and Capability-Enhancement.\u2019\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The first session on Day Two, anchored in vision\u00a0MAHASAGAR<\/em>\u00a0for the Global South, focused on strengthening\u00a0Africa\u2019s Integrated Maritime Strategy 2050 (AIMS 2050).<\/em>\u00a0Coalescing diverse regional perspectives, the session sought to evolve cooperative strategies for capacity-building and capability enhancement in Africa.\u00a0 While representation from the\u00a0Maritime Safety Division of the Djibouti Code of Conduct \u2013 Jeddah Amendment (DCoC-JA)<\/em>\u00a0added a unique sub-regional dimension to the session, while\u00a0India\u2019s extensive collaborative efforts in the African littoral were highlighted to demonstrate its contribution to holistic maritime security in the Western Indian Ocean.\u00a0The session also included presentations by\u00a0speakers from Indonesia and South Africa.\u00a0The session was moderated by RAdm KS Rajkumar, Joint Secretary (Navy & Defence Staff) in the Department of Military Affairs, Ministry of Defence.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The second session of the day examined options for strengthening maritime resilience among Indo-Pacific states. It included participants from\u00a0India, Australia, Philippines, Sri Lanka, and South Korea,\u00a0who delved into the nuances of maritime supply chain resilience and cooperative approaches to enhance maritime infrastructure. Under the thematic rubric of capacity-building and capability-enhancement, this session stimulated meaningful discussions among the participants and the audience.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

In addition to the two professional sessions, the day\u2019s proceedings also included a special address by VAdm G Ashok Kumar (Retd), former Vice Chief of the Naval Staff and former National Maritime Security Coordinator at the NSCS. In his address, VAdm Ashok Kumar highlighted the various Indian initiatives to enhance maritime governance and counter maritime security challenges.\u00a0 He cited India\u2019s Maritime Anti-Piracy Act of 2022, which has enabled a more robust \u2018legal-finish\u2019 for India\u2019s anti-piracy missions. He advocated a stronger push for collaboration in the Indo-Pacific to address the multifarious challenges in the maritime domain. VAdm Kumar also released two new publications of the National Maritime Foundation namely,\u00a0a book titled \u2018Quantum Era Warfare\u2019 and a monograph \u2018Forging Strategic Convergence\u2019, the latter written jointly with Indo-Pacific Strategic Intelligence (ISI), a reputed Think Tank in Indonesia.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

On the sidelines of IPRD-2025, the National Maritime Foundation, which is the Indian Navy\u2019s knowledge partner for the event, signed two MoUs \u2013 one with the Research Institute for Peace and Security (RIPS), Japan, and the other with Pacific RBS, Papua New Guinea, to promote cooperation and collaboration in research on maritime issues of interest between the think tanks.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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