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Security: Indian Ocean

Commons · Question 50078 · Tabled 6 May 2025 · Ministry of Defence · Official record

Answered 14 May 2025

Question

Asked by Andrew Rosindell

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for his policies of (a) piracy, (b) terrorism, (c) proxy activity by state adversaries and (d) other security threats in the Indian Ocean; and

Answer

Answered by Luke Pollard, 14 May 2025

The UK actively contributes to initiatives that counter security threats in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR). This is achieved bilaterally through Maritime Domain Awareness programmes and counter terrorism activities, and multilaterally through organisations...