As US Navy Holds Op Off Lakshwadeep “Without Consent” India Is Concerned.
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This is in dissonance with India’s maritime security policy of such exercises requiring its authorisation.
India on Friday said it had conveyed its concerns to the US through diplomatic channels after the US Navy’s 7th Fleet announced it conducted Freedom of Navigation Operations within India’s exclusive economic zone or EEZ off the Lakshadweep Islands without India’s permission. This is in dissonance with India’s maritime security policy of such exercises requiring its authorisation.
“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 in the Exclusive Economic Zone and on the continental shelf, military exercises or manoeuvres, in particular those involving the use of weapons or explosives, without the consent of the coastal state,
India rejects US contention that its domestic maritime law violates UN convention
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New Delhi, April 9 : India has rejected the US contention that its domestic maritime law is in violation of the United Nations convention on the Law of the Sea, and expressed its concerns about a US naval ship entering into Indian waters.
The Ministry of External Affairs said in a statement, 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 the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) and on the continental shelf, in particular those involving the use of weapons or explosives, without the consent of the coastal state.
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NEW DELHI: In a surprising move, the US Navy conducted ‘navigation operation’ within Indian Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) without any intimation to India. India on Friday conveyed its concerns to Washington through diplomatic channels over the US Navy warship’s unauthorised manoeuvre in India’s EEZ.
The US 7th Fleet had officially admitted on Wednesday that its warship sailed into the area without consent saying, “On April 7, 2021 (local time) USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53) asserted navigational rights and freedoms approximately 130 nautical miles west of the Lakshadweep Islands, inside India’s exclusive economic zone, without requesting India’s prior consent, consistent with international law.” The Freedom of Navigation Operations (FONOPs) was carried out on April 7.
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International law does not permit a nation to carry out military manoeuvres in EEZ without the consent of the concerned state, says Delhi
File photo of USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53). (Image: US Navy/Wikimedia Commons, Public domain)
New Delhi/Washington: The US Navy carried out a “freedom of navigation” operation in India’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) near Lakshadweep Islands earlier this week, without New Delhi’s prior consent, to challenge what the US said were India’s “excessive” maritime claims, a official US statement said.