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China provocatively penetrates the South-Pacific
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Alarm rippled through Australian and New Zealand corridors of power as a Chinese naval task group sailed through waters separating the antipodean nations, firing live rounds and causing commercial jetliners to divert. Simultaneously, China signed an unexpected deal with the Cook Islands t
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India, Spain vow to combat terrorism; promote peace in Indo-Pacific
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
In a landmark visit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Spanish President Pedro Sanchez emphasised the need for international law amid the ongoing crisis in Ukraine and West Asia, condemned terrorism and promoted peace in the Indo-Pacific.
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China stretches its sea legs in the maritime sphere
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
China has traditionally been a land power and, despite its rhetoric of owning the South China Sea "since ancient times". It has only recently started projecting power in maritime areas beyond its coastline. Indeed, the first People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) circumnavigation of the glo
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Free, open Indo-Pacific vital for peace and progress of entire region: PM
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
"A free, open, inclusive, prosperous and rules-based Indo-Pacific is vital for the peace and progress of the entire region. The peace, security and stability of the South China Sea is in the interest of the entire Indo-Pacific region," PM Modi said while delivering his remarks at the 19th Ea
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India, ASEAN nations calls for conclusion of code of conduct in South Chin
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Amid heightened tension in the South China Sea, India and ASEAN nations on Thursday called for an effective implementation of the Declaration on the Conduct of the Parties in the South China Sea (DOC) and looked forward to the early conclusion of a substantive Code of Conduct in the South
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G7 calls for peace in Taiwan-strait, backs international participation
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Leaders of the G7 nations reiterated the importance of stability and peace in the Taiwan Strait while expressing support for Taiwan's participation in international organisations.
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Quad leaders' express "serious concerns" about intimidating maneuvers in S
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, US President Joe Biden, Prime Minister of Australia, Anthony Albanese, and Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Saturday met for the 4th in-person Quad Leaders' Summit in Wilmington, Delaware, and expressed serious concern about the coercive and intimidating
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India, Singapore call for "freedom of navigation in and overflight above S
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
India and Singapore have called for peaceful resolution of disputes in the South China Sea, emphasising the importance of maintaining peace, security, and 'freedom of navigation' in and overflight above the South China Sea in accordance with international law, UNCLOS.
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Quad "not a talk shop," platform generates practical outcomes, says Jaisha
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
The four countries said they intend to launch a "Quad maritime legal dialogue" under the Quad Maritime Security Working Group to "focus expertise on international law of the sea issues in support of our efforts to uphold the rules-based maritime order in the Indo-Pacific."
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Union Cabinet approves India's signing of Biodiversity Beyond National Jur
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
A Ministry of Earth Sciences release said that the landmark decision marks a significant step towards the conservation and sustainable utilisation of marine biological diversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction
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China Coast Guard rules the waves and waives the rules
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
As the world's largest maritime law enforcement agency, the CCG has more than 150 regional and oceangoing vessels displacing at least 1,000 tons. It also has approximately 50 vessels in the 500-1,000-ton class, and around 300 smaller coastal patrol boats.
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US warns China over support to Russia; Beijing hits back with "military co
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
China said the "military collusion" between the US and Taiwan as well as the "separatist acts" of the "Taiwan independence forces", are the main sources of disruption to the current stability in the Taiwan Straits.
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