India supported consensus-based principles and a peaceful, open, rule-based and stable world order and envision Indian Ocean Region (IOR) with the universal values of rule-based freedom of navigation and free trade in which the interests of all participating countries were protected, he said addressing the five-day second edition of the naval Commanders' conference here.
October 18, 2021Freedom of navigation in oceans is governed by rules-based order and no power or group of powers should have the right to change it unilaterally, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Tuesday. Sitharaman’s comments are seen as an oblique reference to China’s growing military assertiveness in the disputed South China Sea. China has territorial disputes...
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