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and creative thinking skills when participating
in the international conference together with
more budget investment as mentioned earlier.
It is recommended that the certain areas which

the RTN is capable to initiate should be the
Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief
Operations, the Maritime Information Sharing
Operation in the Bay of Bengal, the Maritime
Security Academic Cooperation Program, and
th
The Royal Thai Navy hosted the 11 ASEAN Navy Chiefs’
th
st
Meeting during November 18 - 21 , 2017. The event was the Maritime Medicine Cooperation Program.
very successful by the overwhelming contribution from the The reason why the RTN is capable to initiate
assigned RTN officers. the Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief
in response to common maritime problems is that the RTN has enough large platforms for
in the region vigorously. The initiative is already maritime search and rescue as well as disaster
well done; however, it is suggested that such relief such as HTMS Chakri Naruebet, HTMS
initiative should be continued in the following Angtong, and HTMS Similan with abundant
years under the RTN leadership or major lifting capability to do so. Additionally, the
sponsorship to sustain this RTN leading role. RTN has had a lot of experiences in humanitarian
Lastly, the initiative of new maritime assistance and disaster relief from various

security cooperation among navies in the region maritime incidents in Thai maritime waters.
needs to be planned and prepared beforehand Moreover, the reason why the RTN is capable
systematically to show the global community to initiate the Maritime Information Sharing
that the RTN is capable to lead them in certain Operation in the Bay of Bengal is that the RTN
maritime security areas. It is the most significant has enough experiences from conducting
step to fulfill the RTN vision of being a leading similar operation under the framework of the
maritime security agency in the region. Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating

Such initiative should be innovative and Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia
should not repeat the cooperation in areas (ReCAAP) Information Center as well as
that have already established. The traditional or Information Fusion Center with the Republic
apparent cooperation that the RTN participates of Singapore Navy. Meanwhile, the RTN is
up to now does not imply any leading role even improving the maritime information network
though the RTN would host such cooperation. of Thai Maritime Enforcement Coordination
In order to do so, it needs leadership skills Center (Thai MECC) under command of the

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