The Indian Express reported on November 21 that the seventh Colombo Security Conclave (CSC) Senior Officials Meeting was held in New Delhi on November 20. The Colombo Security Conclave, which started in 2011, was initially a dialogue among the National Security Advisors (NSAs) of India, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives. After being reactivated in 2020, the CSC gradually became a "small multilateral" security cooperation mechanism centered on the Indian Ocean. In 2024, India, the Maldives, Mauritius, and Sri Lanka signed the CSC Charter and the Memorandum of Understanding for establishing a Secretariat in Colombo, regarded as the "founding documents" of the CSC. This meeting was chaired by India's National Security Advisor, Dalvinder Singh, with participants including the NSAs of the Maldives, Mauritius, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh. Seychelles attended as an observer, while Malaysia participated for the first time as a guest. During the meeting, the participants discussed five major areas of cooperation: 1) maritime security and safety, 2) counter-terrorism and de-radicalization, 3) combating trafficking and transnational organized crime, 4) cybersecurity and protection of critical infrastructure and technology, and 5) humanitarian assistance, and unanimously welcomed Seychelles as a full member.
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