TNPSC Current Affairs January 27 2017
India has
signed white Shipping Agreement with France on sharing maritime traffic and
maritime domain awareness in the Indian Ocean Region which will enhance
Indo-French maritime Security cooperation in the region.
The
agreement is signed to curb China’s expanding naval forays in the area where
India wants to establish itself as the net security provider.
The Agreement will be implemented in next few months to enable both
Indian and France navies to coordinate to stabilize Indo-Pacific Region.
Background
India and France have been coordinating their naval movements and
surveillance in Indian Ocean Region (IOR) to counter China’s Presence in Indian Ocean Region. India
is setting coastal surveillance radars in the Indian Ocean region, which will
monitor the increasing Chinese presence in the IOR.
France has showing interest
in sharing data from surveillance systems on its Indian ocean territories, the
territories in the region include Reunion Islands,Mayotte, defense bases in UAE and Djibouti .
China has military bases in Pakistan, Srilanka, Maldives to monitor the
anti-Piracy Movements which is slowly rising in size and frequency of its deployments.
The agreement with France will more helpful to India to watch the Chinese
Anti-Piracy Movements in Indian Ocean Region.
India has 6 Surveillance systems in Srilanka, 8 in Mauritius and one in Seychelles
and Maldives.
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