Japanese Coast Guard Chief on India visit

New Delhi, Jan 11 (PTI) Boosting cooperation with the
Indian Coast Guard in anti-piracy operations and furthering
bilateral ties will be high on the agenda of Japanese Coast
Guard chief during his visit to India beginning Monday.
During the four-day visit, Japanese Coast Guard
Commandant Admiral Hisayasu Suzuki will meet Indian Coast
Guard Director General Vice Admiral Anil Chopra.
Admiral Suzuki is accompanied by a six-member
delegation comprising experts on various maritime subjects and
his visit is mandated under the Memorandum of Cooperation
(MoC) signed between ICG and JCG in November 2006, an ICG
spokesperson said in press release here.
The delegation will also interact with the officials
of the Ministry of Defence and deliberate on common maritime
interests.
A visit is planned for the delegation to the Maritime
Rescue Coordination Centre, Mumbai, which will offer an
opportunity for mutual exchanges on Search and Rescue (SAR)
procedures, formulating communication linkages between MRCCs
of the two countries and an insight into the Indian Ship
Reporting System (INDSAR), he said.
Under the MoC, the heads of the two Coast Guards meet
alternately in India and Japan to discuss maritime issues of
mutual concerns and formulate a cooperative approach to
address them. (MORE) PTI