Oceans key to nations’ security, prosperity: PM

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that the security and prosperity of nations is intimately connected to oceans and the government has taken several transformative steps to bolster India’s maritime capabilities.

In his message sent from Camp Office in Nigeria, Modi called for success of ‘Sagarmanthan, The Ocean’s Dialogue’, being held at the national capital to build consensus for partnerships of a prosperous future of humanity.

“Today, the security and prosperity of nations is intimately connected to oceans. Recognising the potential of oceans, several transformative steps have been taken to bolster India’s maritime capabilities,” he said. Sagarmanthan, South Asia’s largest maritime thought leadership forum, began on Monday. Over the last decade, guided by the vision of ‘Ports of Prosperity’, ‘Ports for Progress’ and ‘Ports for Productivity’, we have doubled the capacity of our ports,” he said.