Karachi -Aman’s exercises begin from February 7 to 11. This time, it has also increased its importance, as the first -time dialogue (Aman Dialogue 2025) is organized for the first time. 120 representatives from 60 countries, including Pakistan, Iran, and China, are part of these naval exercises. These exercises are held every two years. The last exercise was held in 2023, and 50 countries participated in the exercise. When these exercises were first held in 2007, 28 countries participated, but the number is gradually increasing.
The Sea of Northern Arabia and its surroundings are very important for Pakistan, Iran, and other nearby countries.
The reasons for holding these exercises are to fight and fight in the face of traditional and non -traditional threats, such as maritime terrorism, smuggling, pirate acts, and (exploitation of EEZ resources).
The motto of these exercises and peace dialogue 2025 is “together for peace”, with the Navy, the coast guards, and the chiefs and officers of various countries in various countries.
In order to make Peace Dialogue 2025 more effective, various stages are planned, from seminars to bilateral meeting, so through this dialogue, military officers in various countries will hear each other’s perspectives. , I understand.
Pakistan has a very positive idea about the arrival of the Iranian Navy. For this reason, Admiral Ashraf, the chief of the Pakistanian Navy staff, has expressed his satisfaction with the participation of Iranian Navy exercises. “-25” February at Karachi Port.
He said to the Pakistanian Navy, “I want to promote the cooperation between my neighbor and my brother,” he said. He added as follows: “Learn from each other’s experience in the maritime area, with the future of AMAN-25 exercises, the Pakistan Navy is optimistic about establishing a strong relationship with Iranian Islamic Republic through two and multilateral exercises. It is.
From 2007 to 2023, Iran participated in the Pakistanian Navy Aman Exercise as an observer. Iran’s senior representative attended the exercise.
There is a close cooperation between the two navy, including Pakistan’s PNS Babul and Iran’s Jamaran’s joint Navy exercises in the Northern Arabia Sea.
Port calls by the Navy are generally shipped to each port, such as the PNS Zulfqar port call to the Bandar Abbas port. Given that Pakistan and Iran have a common maritime security cooperation, including shared patrols and intelligence, we can measure maritime security cooperation. The Marine Conference Aman on the exercise bystanders also provides a very powerful platform to discuss maritime security, maritime copyright, maritime cooperation, and regional stability in the Indian Ocean region. At the Pakistani meeting, issues related to maritime safety, stability, maritime cooperation and abilities in the Indian Ocean region, related issues related to the awareness and information sharing were discussed, discussing subsequent guidelines and SOPs.
The dialogue of Aman, the foundation of exercise Aman, is an original event that gathers naval navy and coast guards and promotes comprehensive discussions on maritime security issues and opportunities.
The National Sea Research Institute (Nima and Pakistan are the best maritime think tanks, organized by the co -recruiting members of the National Security Bureau to provide maritime -centered advice to the Pakistan government.
Exercise purpose Aman and “Aman dialogue 2025” promote peace and regional cooperation while increasing interoperability between the region and the Navy outside the region, which functions as a bridge between various regions. 。 These exercises aim to show unified determination to terrorism and crime. In the maritime area, it promotes deeper understanding
Of the issues and issues of maritime security, their interconnections, just like interconnection with the blue economy. In addition, they are trying to introduce the potential contributions of the blue economy to the overall economic growth of participating countries.
Muhammad Mehdi is the chairman of the International and Media Research Institute.
Commander of Annie Muhammad Khan is a senior researcher of the Pakistan National Laboratory.