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Amid rising tensions in the Strait of Hormuz, Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi highlighted concerns over disruptions at critical global shipping routes.Speaking at the International Conference on India-Japan Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific, the Naval Chief stressed that any disruption at maritime chokepoints like Hormuz poses serious risks for energy-importing nations such as India and Japan.  The remarks come after the Indian Navy escorted LPG vessels to ensure safe passage amid escalating regional tensions.The Strait of Hormuz remains one of the world’s most critical oil and gas transit routes, making security in the region vital for global energy supply.  #StraitOfHormuz #IndianNavy #DineshTripathi #EnergySecurity #BreakingNews #India #World  🔊 LIKE ➡ SHARE ➡ SUBSCRIBE  📰 Breaking news. ⚡Live updates. 🔍 Trusted stories — all in one app. Download the Asianet News App today 👇 🍎 iOS: https://apps.apple.com/in/app/asianet-news-official/id1093450032 🤖 Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vserv.asianet&hl=en_IN  For More Updates:  Follow us on our What's app Channel: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029Va5Bq3yKwqSLSQTxam0r  English: https://newsable.asianetnews.com/  Hindi: https://hindi.asianetnews.com/  Malayalam: https://www.asianetnews.com/  Kannada: https://kannada.asianetnews.com/  Tamil: https://tamil.asianetnews.com/  Telugu: https://telugu.asianetnews.com/  Bengali: https://bangla.asianetnews.com/  Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AsianetNewsa...  Follow us on Twitter:  https://twitter.com/AsianetNewsEN  Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ann.newsable/  ➡ If you like our video, give us a thumbs up and subscribe to our channel to get the daily dosage of news, entertainment, sports and more.

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00:00I was commissioned into the Indian Navy in 1985 and a lot of young people are sitting here

00:05and 1985 means nothing to you actually. It was a long time ago, so it is 41 years back.

00:15Yeah, time flies. So just make sure that you make use of every single day. Having said that,

00:25I am also aware that I was to come in the morning, for the morning session, but some pressing commitments

00:33precluded that.

00:35But once I did a commitment, then, you know, dash, dash, dash. And therefore, I had to come for the

00:42voluntary function.

00:43I am privileged to be standing here. I am grateful to the President of India Foundation, Dr. Ramadavji.

00:57His Excellency, Ambassador of Japan, and, of course, our Secretary East former, Shri Jadiv Majumdarji.

01:09And more importantly, all of you, ladies and gentlemen, for being here, I am aware it has been a long

01:15day,

01:16and you are just waiting for me to finish and say thank you, and then you can go home or

01:20have a cup of tea.

01:22So, but just wait with me for a few minutes, when it has been a few hours, I am sure.

01:28So give me that. Thank you very much.

01:31As I said, it is a pleasure to be standing here, and to speak on this very, very important topic

01:38of Indo-Japan cooperation in the Indo-Pacific.

01:43And this is especially so, because we will be celebrating the 75th year of our diplomatic relationship next year.

01:51And for all the young people, who are the millennials, who are born in the 21st century,

01:59actually the relationship has just taken off in this 21st century.

02:04And courtesy of the two great leaders, I don't have to name them, I am sure the Ambassador is aware

02:10of his leader,

02:11and we are aware of our leader.

02:13Many of the things which have been discussed today during the course,

02:18and what even I will be discussing, have been made possible,

02:22largely because of the personal bond which was there between the two leaders,

02:27and therefore it percolated to the population of two countries.

02:33I was in Japan last year, and it was wonderful to interact with all strata of leadership,

02:40as also, see what Japan has done.

02:44Just to give you one trivia, Japan has been running the bullet trains since 1961 or 1962,

02:54and fingers firmly crossed, they have had 0% of accidents still now.

03:03Touch wood.

03:04So that is the level of technology, and that is the level of resilience which is there in the system.

03:12And certainly we have to learn, and that is how these events like this certainly help in that regard.

03:22Also, I am sure you are aware, all those who have travelled to Japan,

03:26and that if a train is to arrive at a station at 0532, it will come at 0532, give or

03:34take few seconds.

03:36So that is the kind of importance which is there, of time which is there in that society.

03:42It was eye-opening for me certainly, and I learned a lot.

03:47As I said, I want to thank Dr. Rao Madharji for inviting me for this important deliberation,

03:56and my compliments to the India Foundation for arranging this.

04:00I am aware that you keep doing many of these at various places.

04:03I have been getting invited for a certain number of such functions,

04:10but because of the nature of the job and the constant travel, etc.,

04:15I have not been able to, but thank God I am here today.

04:21I have also been told that over the course of today's conference,

04:26the deliberations have reflected the complexities and uncertainties of the multiplex world

04:36that we inhabit today, and what that means is the one that is undergoing a profound strategic inflection.

04:46In fact, I call it a strategic inflection decade.

04:51You give and take two years from 2020, whether it is pre-COVID, with post-COVID,

04:58the 10 years, we may be in the midst of that inflection decade,

05:01and a lot of things are happening, I am sure all of you are aware.

05:06Some of it must have been discussed.

05:08Some was, I think, brought out by His Excellency.

05:12Where the long-stablished Westphalian values and norms face erosion,

05:23and transactionalism is challenging the assumptions that predicated strategic behavior.

05:30In this context, as most of you had discussed during the course,

05:39I have been told, the Indo-Pacific has emerged as the principal theater

05:43of what analysts call normative contestation,

05:49where the established norms and orders are being challenged due to competing visions and interests.

05:55As a result, the contours of the entire spectrum,

06:00that is competition, that is cooperation, that is even conflict,

06:06are undergoing significant shifts.

06:11I am told that many of the speakers and panelists did talk about critical minerals and rare earths,

06:18also during the course of discussion,

06:20and it is increasingly clear that the competition today

06:26is no longer limited to the traditional resources for oil and energy,

06:31but resources that underpin future economic growth,

06:36and which goes even up to the seabed.

06:39As a result, we are seeing a sharp rise in marine survey activity

06:45and deep sea research within the region.

06:50Increasingly, vessels engaged in these operations often opt to go dark

06:57with AIS switched off or spoofed or manipulated

07:03and intrude into littoral EZs or sensitive maritime zones,

07:10violating established rules and norms.

07:12These are indeed the emerging flashpoints in the region.

07:19Beyond resources, the region is witnessing intense competition for information.

07:27Recent disruptions in the Red Sea impacted up to 25% of Asia-Europe data flow,

07:38highlighting the fragility of the digital commons,

07:44where undersea cables and associated infrastructure

07:47have become critical choke points.

07:51That is, rivaling the traditional maritime choke points,

07:54which we are now seeing, hearing, watching every single day.

07:59Yet, even as competition intensifies,

08:03cooperation within the Indo-Pacific is also adapting

08:07The cooperation in the region till now was mainly anchored

08:12in a dense and evolving network of multilateral constructs,

08:17such as ASEAN,

08:21such as the Western Pacific Naval Symposium,

08:27and, of course, the Indian Ocean Rim Association,

08:31amongst many others.

08:34However, it was pointed out, I believe,

08:36during one of the deliberations today

08:38that cooperation cannot be judged

08:42by the strength of language alone,

08:45but by their collective action.

08:47And as a result,

08:49we are seeing the rise of

08:52mini-lateralism

08:54within broader, multilateral frameworks

08:57through flexible arrangements

08:59that bring together like-minded states

09:02around specific,

09:04sub-regional and local problems

09:06rather than having rigid blocks.

09:09Maritime military cooperation

09:11in the region, too,

09:13is undergoing a structural shift

09:15from episodic engagement

09:17to persistent presence

09:19by regional navies

09:21as well as extra-regional navies.

09:24The panel discussion reiterated

09:28that the capability brought

09:30by the cooperative engagement

09:32between the navies

09:33would remain critical

09:35to ensuring freedom of navigation

09:38and adherence to rules in the region.

09:41At the same time,

09:43increasing military geometry

09:45in the region also increases

09:47the risk of miscalculation

09:51escalating into a conflict,

09:53reinforcing what Clausewitz said

09:56that enduring in sight

09:58that the war is, above all,

10:01a realm of fog, friction,

10:03and uncertainty.

10:05Now, add to this

10:07another complexity

10:08which stood out

10:09during the deliberations

10:11to the day

10:12of modern technology

10:14lowering the threshold

10:16for disruption.

10:17Drones, uncrewed systems,

10:20and maneuvering mines, etc.,

10:24now threaten critical choke points

10:27such as the states of Hormuz,

10:30even without a formal announcement

10:32of blockade.

10:34For energy-importing nations

10:37like Japan and India,

10:39which import about 95%

10:42and 80% plus

10:44of our energy, respectively,

10:46through these global commons,

10:49the fallout of any such disruption

10:51is both immediate

10:52and far-reaching

10:53and which we are witnessing

10:55as we speak.

10:57Beyond kinetic effects,

11:00non-kinetic threats

11:01such as maritime cyber attacks

11:03have doubled in 2025.

11:07Further,

11:09things like GPS spoofing

11:11and denial of satellite services

11:13have caused vessels

11:14to even run aground

11:16and disrupted commercial operations

11:20without a single shot

11:21being fired.

11:22Taken together,

11:24these shifting contours

11:25of competition,

11:28cooperation,

11:28and conflict

11:29underscore

11:30that the Indo-Pacific

11:32remains the world's

11:33most vibrant

11:34yet volatile theater.

11:38As one of the panel discussions

11:40brought out

11:41why the agencies

11:42such as the United Nations

11:44may have become

11:45the last port of call

11:46in crisis,

11:49I still don't believe.

11:52UNCLOS

11:52will continue to provide

11:54a foundational framework

11:56for predictable rule-based

11:58behavior at sea.

12:00Similarly,

12:01the enduring vision

12:02of free and open

12:04Indo-Pacific

12:06and Mahasagar

12:08continue to guide

12:09cooperation

12:10and shaping behavior

12:12across the region

12:13and even beyond.

12:15So there is hope.

12:16Guided by these visions,

12:18our two maritime nations,

12:19India and Japan,

12:21have been at the forefront,

12:23literally and figuratively,

12:25at the forefront

12:26of promoting

12:27security and stability

12:29at sea,

12:31not only by their

12:33shared intent,

12:35but increasingly

12:36by shared action.

12:39As Excellency

12:42Mr. Onokichi

12:43also called

12:44the two nations,

12:45I think,

12:45in the morning,

12:46action-oriented partners,

12:49that is,

12:51I fully conquer with that

12:54such words

12:55have found

12:56operational convergence

12:57in the Gulf of Hayden

13:00and

13:01adjoining waters

13:02where our navies

13:03have operated

13:04for more than 15 years

13:06together.

13:09Our joint exercises

13:10such as Malabar,

13:13Gimex,

13:13which we have now

13:14named Gimex,

13:16and Milan

13:17in the maritime domain

13:19as well as

13:20Dharma Guardian

13:21on land

13:22and Veer Guardian

13:24and Shinyu

13:25Maitri

13:26in the air domain

13:27have been consistently

13:28expanding

13:29in both

13:30scale

13:31and sophistication

13:32to address

13:34challenges

13:34across the spectrum

13:35of operations.

13:37We are also

13:38working together

13:39to further strengthen

13:40information-sharing

13:41arrangements

13:42to enhance

13:43maritime domain

13:44awareness

13:44across the

13:45Indo-Pacific.

13:46These combined

13:48efforts

13:48are reinforced

13:50through platforms

13:51such as

13:52the Indo-Indian

13:54Ocean Naval

13:55Symposium,

13:55that is IONS,

13:57Indo-Pacific

13:58Platform for

13:59Maritime Domain

14:00Awareness,

14:00that is

14:01IPMDA,

14:02and

14:03our own

14:04IFC-IOR,

14:06which contribute

14:06directly

14:07to maritime

14:08security,

14:09capacity building,

14:10HADR,

14:11and the

14:12promotion

14:12of a

14:13rule-based

14:13order at sea.

14:15Notwithstanding

14:16these existing

14:17convergences,

14:19as Dr.

14:20Ram Madhau

14:20said during

14:21his inaugural

14:22address,

14:23that taking

14:24this partnership

14:25forward

14:25requires a

14:26continuous

14:27rethinking

14:28of approaches

14:29aligned with

14:31the evolving

14:31realities of

14:32the Indo-Pacific.

14:34In that

14:35context,

14:36today's

14:37deliberations

14:38have indeed

14:38thrown forward

14:39multiple

14:40lines of

14:42efforts of

14:43extreme

14:43relevance.

14:45One

14:46constant

14:47theme

14:48seemed to

14:49have stood

14:49out in

14:51these

14:51recommendations

14:52is that

14:53the real

14:53strength of

14:54our partnership

14:55and future

14:56convergence

14:56may lie

14:58in what

14:59they call

14:59complementarity,

15:02rooted in

15:03the enduring

15:03logic by

15:05the author

15:06Adam Smith

15:07that distinct

15:08capabilities,

15:09when aligned,

15:11create the

15:12greater collective

15:12strength.

15:15We,

15:15India,

15:16with nearly

15:172.5 million

15:18STEM graduates

15:19added annually,

15:21and one of

15:22the world's

15:23fastest-growing

15:24startup ecosystem

15:25brings scale,

15:28brings talent,

15:29and brings

15:30market depth.

15:31On the

15:33other hand,

15:34Japan,

15:35with its

15:36global

15:36leadership in

15:37high-tech

15:38manufacturing,

15:39precision

15:40engineering,

15:41and capital

15:42investment,

15:43brings

15:44technological

15:45depth,

15:46quality,

15:46and experience.

15:48Together,

15:49these

15:50complementarities

15:51could provide

15:53a powerful

15:54foundation to

15:56shape maritime

15:57capability and

15:58resilience across

15:59the Indo-Pacific along

16:01three clear lines of

16:03effort.

16:04First is the

16:05industrial cooperation

16:06and resilience.

16:08The deliberations

16:09today pointed out

16:10that both sides

16:12need to enhance

16:15further their

16:16industrial engagement

16:17towards economic

16:18security,

16:19resilient supply

16:20lines,

16:21and cooperation

16:22in critical

16:23minerals.

16:24Within this

16:25framework,

16:27India's push for

16:28Aad Mirbharata and

16:29Defense Manufacturing,

16:31combined with

16:32Japan's expertise

16:33in high-quality

16:34shipbuilding and

16:36system instigation,

16:37opens avenues for

16:39co-development and

16:41co-production

16:41across naval and

16:44commercial maritime

16:45scenes.

16:48As Ambassador

16:49Kechi also

16:50mentioned,

16:51co-development

16:52of the advanced

16:54unicorn mast

16:55for our Navy

16:57is a step in

16:58the right

16:59direction.

17:00Further

17:01opportunity lies

17:02in taking such

17:03collaboration into

17:04critical domains

17:04such as marine

17:06propulsion,

17:07advanced weapons,

17:09and next-generation

17:10sensors.

17:12Second is the

17:13emerging technologies

17:15which have been

17:16widely spoken about.

17:18Collaboration in

17:19areas such as

17:20autonomous systems,

17:22AI,

17:23and quantum

17:24technologies should

17:25not only enhance

17:27operational effectiveness

17:28but must also

17:29focus on

17:31positioning

17:32responsible nations

17:33such as India

17:34and Japan

17:35as key stakeholders

17:38in shaping norms

17:39and governance

17:40frameworks in

17:42these domains.

17:43And third

17:45is strengthening

17:46the expansion

17:47and resilience

17:48of infrastructure.

17:49As the

17:51deliberation

17:52suggested,

17:53there exists

17:54a significant

17:55scope for

17:56enhancing

17:56cooperation

17:56in the field

17:58of connectivity

17:58across both

18:00physical and

18:01digital domains.

18:02In the

18:03physical realm,

18:04this includes

18:05maritime ports,

18:07transport corridors,

18:08and climate-resilient

18:10infrastructure.

18:12At the same

18:12time,

18:13both sides

18:14can work

18:14together to

18:15strengthen

18:15the protection

18:18of critical

18:19undersea

18:20infrastructure

18:20and enhance

18:22the cyber

18:23resilience

18:23of the

18:25maritime sector

18:25not only

18:27for the

18:27two nations

18:28but also

18:29for all

18:30in the

18:30region.

18:32So,

18:32ladies and

18:33men,

18:34to conclude,

18:35as they say

18:36in Japan,

18:46which for

18:48all of us

18:48means

18:49the future

18:50is built

18:51together.

18:53This

18:53very closely

18:55resonates

18:56with our

18:57own Indian

18:57ethos

18:58of

18:58that is

19:00the word

19:00is one

19:01family.

19:02I am

19:02certain

19:03that

19:03India

19:03and

19:03Japan

19:04our

19:05partnership

19:06will grow

19:07by leaps

19:07and bounds

19:08in the

19:08years to

19:09come,

19:10becoming a

19:10centerpiece

19:11of promoting

19:12stability and

19:13security in

19:14the Indo-Pacific.

19:15I have

19:16exercised with

19:16the Japanese

19:17Navy.

19:18I have

19:19been to

19:19Japan.

19:20I have

19:20hosted

19:20Japanese

19:21personnel

19:22when I

19:23was

19:23wherever,

19:24whichever

19:24capacity.

19:25So,

19:25I am

19:25aware of

19:26the avenues

19:28and

19:28opportunities

19:29which are

19:29there.

19:30And I

19:30have no

19:31doubt

19:31that the

19:32Indo-Japanese

19:32partnership

19:33is going

19:34to just

19:34go up

19:35to several

19:35layers

19:36up.

19:37With

19:38this,

19:39I would

19:39once again

19:40like to

19:40thank

19:40Dr.

19:42Mathur

19:42Ji and

19:43the

19:43India

19:43Foundation

19:44for

19:45giving me

19:45this

19:46opportunity.

19:47Thank

19:47you.

19:48Jai

19:49Hind.

19:50Arigato.

19:51Gozai

19:51Masu.

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