New Delhi: India's top military brass will extensively deliberate on
external security challenges as well as geo-political power play in the
region at a two-day conference beginning here tomorrow.
The Unified Commanders' Conference (UCC), an annual forum to take
stock of the country's security preparedness, is expected to undertake a
comprehensive review of counter-terror operations in Jammu and
Kashmir, the situation along the border with China and developments
in India's maritime neighbourhood, military officials said.
The conference will be attended by Defence Minister Nirmala
Sitharaman, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, chiefs of the Army,
Navy and Air Force and other senior military commanders and officials
of the Defence Ministry and tri-services organisations, they said.
"The annual conference provides a platform for discussions at the apex
level on all Joint Issues' amongst the three services and Ministry of
Defence. It enables stock taking of the previous year and planning the
way ahead for the next year," the Defence Ministry said.
The ministry said the scope of this year's conference has been
enhanced to enable it to facilitate joint stock taking of the previous
year's performance of all services and departments of the ministry and
jointly chart the course for the next year.
"A large number of tri services issues would be deliberated thoroughly
to arrive at solutions to challenges faced and to evolve plans for the
future," the ministry said.
The conference is being held under the aegis of Headquarters
Integrated Defence Staff (HQ IDS).
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