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- India will host the first Andaman Dialogues to expand the islands’ maritime role.
- The meeting runs March 12–14, 2027 on Swaraj Dweep Island.
- Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal called the islands an economic bridge for South-Southeast Asian trade.
- Admiral Dinesh K. Tripathi said the islands sit near key routes and India-ASEAN trade hit $128 billion in 2025–26.
- He cited a INR69,725-crore shipbuilding package and INR12 lakh crore commitments from India Maritime Week.