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Piracy On Agenda Of Multinational Naval Summit

May 11 2010

United Arab Emirates

Senior naval leaders from 33 nations are meeting this week in the United Arab Emirates for the third Indian Ocean Naval Symposium, reports Press TV (Iran).

The two-day summit is expected to focus on improving maritime security, along with the increase in piracy and smuggling in the region.

Recent Somali pirate attacks on merchant ships and oil tankers traveling through the Suez Canal and Gulf of Aden are on the agenda.

Iran's Navy commander, Rear Adm. Habibollah Sayyar, for...

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