“Advocating deeper economic ties in the Indian Ocean region and emphasis on maritime security, India today pitched for more robust ‘cooperative regionalism’ and said the geo-strategic importance of the area cannot be underestimated.
‘As focus of global economic growth shifts to Asia, it will occupy even greater salience in our strategic perspective,’ External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said in his address at the Ministerial Meeting of the 20-nation Indian Ocean Rim-Association for Regional Cooperation (IOR-ARC) here.”
Source:INDOlink – India General News: India emphasizes maritime security in Indian Ocean region
