8th edition of Indian Ocean Naval Symposium (IONS) Conclave of Chiefs (CoC) held from 19 – 22 Dec 23.
Indian Ocean Naval Symposium (IONS) Conclave of Chiefs (CoC) was conducted by the Royal Thai Navy at Bangkok.
Naval chiefs and senior representatives of 27 member countries and observer countries participated in this conference.
Admiral R Hari Kumar, Chief of the Naval Staff, represented three members Indian delegation.
At the conclave, Flag designed by India was selected as the IONS Flag. India also took the co-Chair of IONS Working Groups on Maritime Security and HADR for the forthcoming cycle.
India will take over the chair of IONS for 2025-27 and the 9th CoC will held in India in 2025.
Republic of Korea Navy is welcomed in the Conclave as the latest ‘Observer’.
On the side-lines of Conclave, the CNS also visited the Indian Naval Ship Kadmatt, at Bangkok.
Indian Ocean Naval Symposium was started by the Indian Navy in 2008. It is a forum to enhance maritime cooperation among navies of the Indian Ocean Region countries.
The inaugural edition of IONS was held in Feb 2008 in New Delhi.
