New Delhi, Oct 18 (UNI) India and the UK held their inaugural maritime dialogue in a virtual format on Monday, as agreed in the India-UK Roadmap 2030 for Future Relations adopted at the Virtual Summit between the two Prime Ministers in May 2021.
The consultations, which were led by the two Foreign Ministries, involved exchanges on cooperation in the maritime domain, Indo-Pacific and regional/multilateral cooperation, said a press statement.
In the India-UK Roadmap 2030, as part of Maritime Cooperation, the two sides agreed to “promote freedom of navigation and open access, and improve maritime cooperation through a partnership in the Western Indian Ocean, with a new Maritime Dialogue, Grey and Dark Shipping information sharing and mechanisms for operational co-ordination all in place.”