Indonesia Hosts Asia-Pacific Nations for Maritime Security Conference
Jakarta. The Indonesian Maritime Security Agency (Bakamla) and Australia's Border and Custom Protection Service are hosting the sixth Maritime Security Desktop Exercise in Yogyakarta this week, an event aimed at enhancing cooperation on maritime security and maritime-resource protection.
Nineteen guest countries are scheduled to attend the three day long gathering, which started on Monday and runs until Wednesday.
"We're hosting the sixth Maritime Security Desktop Exercise to work on greater cooperation in maritime security in the region," Bakamla chief Vice Admiral D.A. Mamahit told Kompas.com on Monday. "We need to work together on strengthening maritime security cooperation and this is how we start."
Country representatives are slated to discuss issues ranging from the South China Sea dispute and illegal fishing, to flows of illegal migrant workers.
Australia, Sri Lanka, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Maldives, Pakistan, Myanmar, Cambodia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Timor Leste, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Brunei Darussalam, Laos, Singapore, and India are countries participating in the exercise.
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