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Peace, stability in Indian Ocean Region our top priority: Rajnath Singh

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Last updated: June 14, 2024 8:06 pm
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Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday highlighted that India’s top priorities are securing free navigation, rule-based world order, anti-piracy and peace and stability in the region.

“Securing free navigation, rule-based world order, anti-piracy and peace and stability in the region are our biggest objectives. The Navy is playing a crucial role in fulfilling them,” he said.

Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said this during his visit to the Eastern Naval Command at Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh to review the operational readiness of the Indian Navy. He also embarked on INS Jalashwa for a ‘Day at Sea’.

It was Rajnath Singh’s first outstation visit after assuming charge as Defence Minister for the second consecutive term.

During the ‘Day at Sea’, the Defence Minister witnessed the dynamic operations by various ships, submarines and aircraft of the Command, showcasing the combat capability and preparedness of the Indian Navy.

“He was accompanied by Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi and Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Naval Command Vice Admiral Rajesh Pendharkar,” as per a Defence Minister press release.

Interacting with the officers and sailors of the Eastern Fleet, Rajnath Singh commended the Indian Navy for being operationally ready, and emerging as the first responder in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR).

“Our Navy ensures that no nation suppresses another in the Indo-Pacific region or endangers its strategic autonomy on the basis of economic strength or military power. This is in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of Security And Growth for All in the Region (SAGAR) wherein our friendly countries in the region remain safe and move forward together on the path of mutual progress,” he said.

Defence Minister credited the Indian Navy for playing a crucial role in the country’s growth and raising its stature on the international stage.

He made special mention of the Navy’s daring rescue operation in the Arabian Sea in March 2024, when it freed 23 Pakistani nationals from Somali pirates. This operation, he said, was a demonstration of humanity as well as the values imbibed in the Naval personnel, who come to the aid of everyone, irrespective of their nationality.

“It is a matter of great pride that our Navy is ensuring safe trade and promoting peace & prosperity in IOR. Securing free navigation, rule-based world order, anti-piracy and peace & stability in the region are our biggest objectives. The Navy is playing a crucial role in fulfilling them. India, with its increasing power, is committed to making the region as well as the entire world peaceful and prosperous,” Singh said.

Elaborating further, the Defence Minister highlighted the Navy’s growing strength which is ensuring the security of India’s maritime borders.

He also underlined the fact that India’s commercial interests are linked with the IOR, and the Navy is a means of securing the maritime borders while achieving the wider national objectives.

He said the national interest is of paramount importance to the government, assuring that all possible steps will be taken to safeguard it.

On his visit to the Eastern Naval Command, the first of his second term as Defence Minister, Rajnath Singh stated that the maiden tour always holds special significance as it reflects the government’s vision for the future.

“I visited the Siachen Glacier at the beginning of my first term as Defence Minister in June 2019. I again visited the world’s highest battlefield in April 2024. We aimed to bolster national security with a focus on the northern borders. Whether it was infrastructure development or connecting the far-flung areas with the rest of the country or ensuring peace & stability at the borders, we achieved all these objectives. It, however, does not mean we did not pay heed to the IOR during our previous tenure. We paid full attention to our Navy and maritime security,” he said.

The Defence Minister emphasised that, in his second term, the focus will be on further strengthening maritime security and making the presence of India’s naval power in IOR more effective and robust.

“The Indian Navy is continuously becoming stronger, factored by growing industrial infrastructure. Our shipyards are expanding, aircraft carriers increasing, and our Navy is emerging as a new powerful force. We will give momentum to our efforts in the second tenure as well. Be it the Himalayas or the Indian Ocean, our priority will be to continuously strengthen the security at the borders,” he said.

Rajnath Singh added that the government’s focus on land borders and maritime security has a broader vision – to bind the northern and southern parts of the nation in one thread.

“The ‘Day at Sea’ culminated with the traditional Barakhana with the crew of the Sunrise Fleet. Earlier, upon his arrival at INS Dega, Visakhapatnam, the Defence Minister was accorded a ceremonial welcome with a 50-men Guard of Honour,” as per the release. (ANI)

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