The necessity to improve regional and international cooperation to secure the maritime domain and collectively enhance the Western Indian Ocean region's capacity to combat piracy and all other transnational organised crimes was highlighted by the Attorney General, Minister of Justice, Human Rights and Institutional Reforms, Mr Maneesh Gobin, today at the Intercontinental Resort, in Balaclava.
The Minister was speaking on behalf of the Chair of the Indian Ocean Commission at the opening ceremony of the Preparatory meeting for the 21st Plenary Session of the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS). Mauritius is chairing for the first time this important platform geared towards coordinating actions in the fight against piracy in the Western Indian Ocean region.
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