Beaten back in their usual area of operations, <span class="inlineoriginal">Somali pirates are "shifting their location" towards India, but the country is watchful to deal with such threats, defence minister Manohar Parrikar said.</span>

"Today's threats are not traditional. Somali pirates, after being neutralized by various countries' navies, are shifting their locations towards India. Because their (shipping) lanes are heavily guarded, they have moved 30-40 nautical miles, although they still are 450 nautical miles away from India," he said.

"They may not be next to India but ... We are watchful and careful," Parrikar said at an international conference on "India &amp; the Indian Ocean: Renewing the Maritime Trade &amp; Civilisational Linkages", organized by the Institute of Social and Cultural Studies (ISCS) jointly with Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS).

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