Indo-Pacific Maritime Cooperation Global Talks Hosted by Cebu

Indo-Pacific maritime cooperation global talks hosted by Cebu

MANILA, Philippines — More than 100 officials from over 50 countries are currently gathered in Cebu for a conference aimed at strengthening multinational governance of Indo-Pacific security through the Indo-Pacific Regional Information Sharing (IORIS) platform. IORIS, an EU-funded information-sharing platform, was developed and implemented by the EU-funded CRIMARIO project in 2018. Since Wednesday, participants have been deliberating on key poli…

Pakistan Warns UN of India's Aggressive Naval Expansion, Urges Maritime Cooperation and Equity

NEW YORK: At a UN Security Council debate on “Strengthening Maritime Security,” Pakistan strongly criticized India’s growing naval assertiveness and efforts to dominate key waterways in the region. Ambassador Asim Iftikhar Ahmad, Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the UN, warned against “unchecked regional hegemony” and rejected actions that undermine maritime law or exclude neighboring states from […] The post Pakistan Warns UN of India’s A…

Six areas of action for maritime security, including strengthening the legal framework and tackling illegal practices, such as the circumvention of sanctions, were proposed by the Prime Minister at the UN Security Council meeting, which he chaired. "Greece remains the guardian of freedom of navigation," he stressed, and underlined that the compass for international legitimacy is the implementation of the Law of the Sea. The open debate taking pl…

UN Security Council Talks Maritime Security, Pakistan Talks Rivers - The Commune

While the Security Council was debating maritime security and expressing concern over terrorism on the seas, Pakistan tried to bring up a river issue, the Indus water. That was in keeping with Islamabad’s total obsession with matters relating to India, regardless of the topic of discussion, which often makes for a theatre of the absurd. Without directly naming India but referring to it as “one major country”, Pakistan’s Permanent Representative …