Coast guards of India and 'Korea' sign MoU

New Delhi, Mar 13 (UNI) A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on maritime cooperation was signed here today between the Coast Guards of India and Korea.

The signatories of the MoU were the Director General of Coast Guard Dr. Prabhakaran Paleri and the Commissioner General of the Korean Coast Guard, Mr Lee Seung Jae. .

The MoU envisages cooperation in preventing acts of transnational crime at sea such as piracy, armed robbery, maritime crimes, trafficking of arms, smuggling and illegal migration at sea and combating marine pollution.

It may be recalled that the Coast Guards of India and Korea conducted their first ever joint exercise at Pusan in Korea in November last year.

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