• India, Mauritius, Maldives and Sri Lanka welcomed Bangladesh as the fifth Member State of Colombo Security Conclave (CSC).

• The 8th Deputy National Security Adviser level meeting of the CSC was hosted virtually by Mauritius on July 10, 2024. Seychelles participated as an Observer State.

• Member States reviewed the decisions taken at the 7th DNSA level meeting hosted virtually by Maldives on July 12, 2023, the 6th NSA level Meeting hosted by Mauritius on 7-8 December 2023 and the progress of activities under the Roadmap of Activities for 2023-2024 of the CSC. 

• Member States agreed that the 7th NSA level meeting of the CSC will be held in India later this year.

Colombo Security Conclave

• The Colombo Security Conclave was founded as a trilateral security framework between India, Sri Lanka and the Maldives in 2011.

• Mauritius joined the conclave at the fifth NSA-level meeting of the Conclave in March 2022.

• Bangladesh and Seychelles have been joining the meetings of the erstwhile trilateral on maritime cooperation as well as the CSC as observer states.

Cooperation under the CSC focuses on five pillars.

They are:

i) Maritime safety and security.

ii) Countering terrorism and radicalisation.

iii) Combating trafficking and transnational organised crime.

iv) Cyber security and protection of critical infrastructure and technology.

v) Humanitarian assistance and disaster relief.

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