India, Thailand agree to enhance naval cooperation

News:

• Visiting Chief of Navy Staff Admiral R K Dhowan, visit at the invitation of Admiral Kraison Chansuwanit, Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Thai Navy, held high level talks with senior Thai government and armed forces officials, agreed to explore bilateral cooperation in shipbuilding projects.
• The two sides identified exchange of white shipping information to complement each other’s maritime domain awareness, greater degree of coordinated patrols, and anti-piracy as areas of immediate importance and also explored the possibility of cooperation in hydrographic surveys.
• Expanding the scope of cooperation in training and education was also discussed and two sides also exchanged views on developing a road map for defence cooperation.

Source: ET