Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Surveillance of Routes of Foreign ships
Indian navy undertakes surveillance of maritime areas including International Shipping Lanes through deployment of naval ships and aircraft. The surveillance is as per operational requirements without reference to any particular route for foreign flag ships.

Continuous surveillance of Indian EEZ through patrolling by Naval and Coast Guard ships and aircraft is undertaken to deter illegal activities including piracy. In addition one naval warship is being deployed continuously since October 2008 in the Gulf of Aden to escort Indian flagged merchant ships.

India has called for collaborative international action to counter piracy in the UN Security Council meetings. India is also a founder member of the Contact Group on Piracy off the coast of Somalia (CGPCS) established in January 2009 to coordinate multilateral action against piracy.

This information was given by Defence Minister Shri AK Antony in a written reply to Shri Raghunandan Sharma in Rajya Sabha today. 

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