The Indian Navy is hosting a maritime information sharing workshop under the aegis of the Information Fusion Centre — Indian Ocean Region (IFC-IOR) at Gurugram. “In the course of two days, the workshop aims to acquaint participants about IFC-IOR and its information sharing mechanisms and promote sharing of best practices in this field,” the Navy said in a statement. A table top information sharing exercise is scheduled on June 13 to practice and validate some of the concepts and procedures that have been evolved during the workshop. The IFC-IOR was inaugurated in December last year. The centre has thus far established linkages with more than 16 countries and 13 international maritime security agencies, said the Navy.

Source: The Hindu June 12, 2019 16:41 UTC