The two-day International Conference on the Security and Prosperity of Bay of Bengal concluded on Wednesday . The BoB region is going to play a major role in global geopolitics, according to Dr Dhanuraj .
According to Dr D Dhanuraj, the chairman of the Centre for Public Policy Research, the two-day International Conference on the Security and Prosperity of Bay of Bengal, which concluded on Wednesday, addressed the need for cooperation, understanding and support in the Bay of Bengal (BoB) area.The BoB region, in terms of connectivity between the Indo-Pacific and the Middle East, is going to play a major role in global geopolitics, according to me.It is also a crucial sea line of communication, and it plays an important role in global supply chains.Thus, understanding its significance and achieving its potential is the need of the hour for all the Bay of Bengal countries, he said, highlighting the importance of the Bay of Bengal region in global supply chains.
The two-day conference in Kochi featured institutionalization of systems and increased cooperation among littoral countries by time-bound inter-ministerial, inter-governmental meetings on interdisciplinary topics that would help to realize the Bay of Bengal region's potential.The event featured speakers from Germany, Thailand, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, India, Bangladesh, Nepal, and the Maldives.The discussion highlighted the importance of member countries taking up these activities and collaborating with other member countries.