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The Member States of the Colombo Security Conclave comprising India Maldives Mauritius and Sri Lanka successfully concluded the 6th Deputy National Security Adviser level meeting held on 7 July 2022 hosted by the National Security Council Secretariat of India in Kochi. Delegations from Bangladesh and Seychelles participated as Observers.Their Excellencies Shri Vikram Misri Deputy National Security Adviser Republic of India Mr. Ahmed Latheef Foreign Secretary of the Republic of Maldives Mr. Yoidhisteer Thecka Principal Coordinator Security Matters Prime Ministers Office Republic of Mauritius and General Shavendra Silva WWV RWP RSP VSVUSP ndc psc MPhil Chief of Defence Staff Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka led their respective delegations. The Secretariat of CSC in Colombo Sri Lanka was represented by the Acting Secretary Commodore M.H. Nishantha Peiris RSP USP Director Naval Operations and Director of Naval Foreign Cooperation Sri Lankan Navy. The delegation from Bangladesh was led by Lt. Gen. Waker Uz Zaman SGP psc Principal Security Officer Armed Forces Division while Seychelles was represented by H.E. Simon Archange Dine Chief of Staff of Seychelles Defence Forces.The participants discussed the implementation of the Roadmap for Cooperation for 2022-23 and the decisions taken at the 5th NSA level meeting of the Colombo Security Conclave on 9-10 March 2022 in Maldives on the following five pillarsMaritime Safety and SecurityCountering Terrorism and RadicalisationCombating Trafficking and Transnational Organised CrimeCyber Security Protection of Critical Infrastructure and TechnologyHumanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief