Updated Apr 14, 2021 | 09:39 IST
The Destroyer USS John Paul Jones on April 7 conducted a Freedom of Navigation Operations in Indian waters to challenge India s “excessive maritime claims”. US seeks to sink differences with India over warship passage
Washington: Amid spiraling tension between India and the US over the passage of America’s warship through Indian waters, Washington sought to sink differences with New Delhi, saying it values its partnership with India.
The passage of the US warship for a naval operation, through India s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) off the Lakshadweep coast, without prior consent last week has triggered discord between the two countries with New Delhi immediately registering its opposition through diplomatic channels.
US says its warship conducted ‘innocent passage’ through India’s Exclusive Economic Zone
The US reiterated that its Freedom of Navigation Operations were consistent with international law. Representative image. | Roberto Schimdt / AFP
The United States has termed its unapproved exercise within India’s Exclusive Economic Zone, off the Lakshadweep Islands, an innocent move, PTI reported on Saturday. But America indicated that it did not carry out military movement in the zone, according to NDTV.
The USS John Paul Jones, a destroyer ship, had passed through the exclusive zone in the Arabian Sea without taking India’s permission on April 7. “I can tell you that the USS John Paul Jones asserted navigational rights and freedoms in the vicinity of the Republic of the Maldives by conducting innocent passage through its territorial sea in normal operations within its exclusive economic zone without requesting prior permission,”
Updated Apr 11, 2021 | 09:24 IST
The US Navy on April 7 conducted a freedom of navigation operation in Indian waters without prior consent to challenge India s “excessive maritime claims”. US defends warship passage through India sans consent
New Delhi: The United States has defended the passage of its American warship through the country’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) off the Lakshadweep Islands, without prior consent, calling the move consistent with international law .
The US Navy on April 7 conducted a freedom of navigation operation in Indian waters without prior consent, drawing a reaction from India, which on Friday said it has conveyed concerns to Washington through diplomatic channels.
New Delhi objects to US Navy’s military moves in Indian seas
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“The Government of India’s stated position on the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea is that the convention does not authorise other states to carry out military exercises or manoeuvres, in particular those involving weapons or explosives, without the consent of the coastal state in the Exclusive Economic Zone and on the continental shelf, ” the official statement said.
PTI
Sources said that the announcement of the “freedom of navigation” patrols by the US has come as a surprise
A day after an unusual announcement by the US that it conducted patrols in the Indian Exclusive Economic Zone this week without consent to assert its’navigational right and freedoms’, India registered diplomatic concerns with Washington DC.
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