Q. With reference to Colombo Security Conclave, consider the following statements::
1.It is a Ministry level meeting on territorial security.
2.India, Maldives, Mauritius and Sri Lanka are the members of the conclave.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Answer: B
Notes:
Statement 1 is incorrect: India, Maldives, and Sri Lanka began a National Security Advisor (NSA)-level trilateral meeting on maritime security cooperation in 2011.
Following a halt from 2014-2019, the trilateral meeting was resumed in 2020, when the decision was taken to establish the Colombo Security Conclave(CSC).
The conclave aims to forge closer cooperation on maritime and security matters among the the member countries.
Statement 2 is correct: Mauritius was included as a new member of the conclave in the recent fifth edition of Colombo Security Conclave.
With this, India, Maldives, Mauritius and Sri Lanka became the members of the conclave.
Source: PIB
