Djibouti Code of Conduct – Significance and Way Ahead

India recently joined the Djibouti Code of Conduct as an Observer, after a high-level meeting held virtually on August 26 this year. This has furthered India's outreach at the Indian Ocean Region. This opportunity must be utilised, especially amid the current times of crisis to provide various assistances apart from maritime security to the littorals in the Western Indian Ocean Region, which holds global strategic significance.

What is the Djibouti Code of Conduct?

• The Code of Conduct concerning the Repression of Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in the Western Indian Ocean and the Gulf of Aden or the Djibouti Code of Conduct (DCOC) is a grouping set up with an aim to build capacity to combat pira