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MARUTHI SCHOOL OF BANKING IMPORTANT GK (II Of III) - NOVEMBER (2017) 251. Which country will host the 12th edition of 254. Sagar Kavach’ a joint security exercise will be East Asia Summit (EAS-2017)? organized by which two Indian neighbour states 1. Vietnam 2. Netherlands 3. Philippines along their 630 km long coastline? 4. Japan 5. Taiwan 1. Odisha & WestBengal The 12th edition of East Asia Summit (EAS) will be 2. Karnataka & Andhra Pradesh held in Angeles, Philippines on November 13 and 3. Maharastra & Gujarat 14, 2017. The East Asia Summit is a forum held 4. Andhra Pradesh & TamilNadu annually by leaders of, initially,16 countries in the 5. Kerala & Karnataka East Asian, Southeast Asian and South Asian In a bid to tighten the existing coastal security regions. Membership expanded to 18 countries mechanism, Odisha and its neighbouring state West including the United States and Russia at the Sixth Bengal will soon organize a joint secu rity exercise EAS in 2011, EAS meetings are held after annual named as ‘Sagar Kavach’along the 630 km long ASEAN leaders meetings. The membership of EAS coastline. ’Sagar Kavach’ will be a real -time consists of ten ASEAN Member States (i.e. Brunei security exercise, conducted with an aim to check Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, the efficacy of the security parameters and Mal aysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, the preparedness of various security forces viz. Indian Philippines and Vietnam), Australia, China, India, Navy, Marine police force, Indian Coast Guard Japan, New Zealand, Republic of Korea, Russian (ICG), Forest Department, Fisheries and district Federation and the USA.
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