To bolster security, Britain joins Indian Ocean monitoring hub in Gurgaon

A British officer from the Royal Navy joined four other foreign military officers on Tuesday to coordinate the monitoring of Indian Ocean sea lanes from an Indian Navy hub in Gurugram, Haryana called the Information Fusion Centre – Indian Ocean Region (IFC-IOR).

The IFC-IOR, which was established in April 2019, has liaison officers from five countries – the US, France, Japan, Australia and now the UK.

There is interest from at least a dozen other countries in sending liaison officers to join this Indian-led initiative that brings together regional navies in safeguarding global commons, freedom of navigation and provide security