New Delhi: National security adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval has called for stronger regional cooperation among BIMSTEC member states to address emerging security challenges, saying the current global environment of conflicts, geopolitical uncertainty and technological disruptions demands collective action and "decisive actions" for the benefit of all member countries.
Speaking at the fifth BIMSTEC national security advisers' meeting, Doval said, "We are meeting today in the backdrop of a challenging global landscape. We are witnessing conflicts and geopolitical uncertainties. We are also facing multi-domain security threats, amplified by rapid technological advancements. Disruptions in global supply chains have also resulted in economic hardship for all our countries."
"In this setting, there's an urgent need for us to collaborate, take decisive actions for our mutual benefit, and find solutions to mutual discussions and deliberations to the vexed problems that we are all facing," ANI news agency quoted Doval as saying.
He emphasized that BIMSTEC's long-standing priorities of regional security, connectivity, capacity building and economic security should continue to shape the organization's future efforts.
