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Boosting ties with France

F rance was recovering from riots which lashed the nation following the killing of Nahel Merzouk, a 17-year-old youth of Moroccan and Algerian descent, by the police at a traffic stop. India refused to comment stating it was an internal matter of France.

Irresponsible

One of the greatest jurists the world has known, Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. once said lawyers spend a good deal of their time “shoveling smoke”, which effectively means doing a good job of getting nowhere.

Engaging with Asean

In this situation of strategic complexity, as two strategic partners with civilizational links, India and Vietnam are well positioned to contribute to the maintenance of peace and stability in the region by defending global rules of governance in the maritime domain. China‘s advance and expansionist design with spirit of assertiveness into the global common ought to be checked. Therefore, global rules need to be respected and followed so that the atmosphere for conducting diplomacy is created. India and Vietnam have discussed these issues on a continuous basis and this process should continue