India calls for greater cooperation to eliminate terrorism in all its forms
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India placed this demand at the 17th Ministerial Meeting of Asia Cooperation Dialogue held virtually
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India placed this demand at the 17th Ministerial Meeting of Asia Cooperation Dialogue held virtually Underlining that terrorism continues to pose a critical threat to global peace and security, India on Thursday called for greater cooperation to eliminate the menace in all its forms.
The assertion was made by Riva Ganguly Das, Secretary (East), Ministry of External Affairs, while representing India at the 17th Ministerial Meeting of Asia Cooperation Dialogue held virtually on the theme, The New Normal and Safe and Healthy Tourism .
The growing synergy among the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue powers of Australia, Japan, the United States and India has provided a crucial impetus to the security architecture of the Indo-Pacific. Bilateral ties between these four states have also seen positive growth, largely a result of “like-minded” visions and policies dedicated to the creation of a free, rules-based and open maritime domain. One particular focus that Australia brings to the grouping includes its Pacific Step-up – a neighbourhood engagement policy described as among the “highest foreign policy priorities”, yet one rarely assessed in the “Quad” context.
Understanding the growing overlap between the Step-up and the Quad is important. China’s rising belligerence has led to stronger collaboration among Quad nations in an attempt to limit Beijing’s revisionist tendencies and “debt-trap” Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) policies. BRI’s lending poses risks especially for developing and fragile e
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In the last few years, India has expanded its role in the Indian Ocean region (IOR), from humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HADR) to supplying food and medical aid amidst the COVID pandemic to 5 countries of the Indian Ocean namely: Maldives, Mauritius, Madagascar, Comoros, and Seychelles
In what is a clear indication of grudging acceptance, the ruling Chinese Communist Party via its mouthpiece Global Times has accepted that India has unique geographical advantages in the Indian ocean.
In an article on 17 December titled “India changes attitude toward multilateral mechanisms for global ambition”, Hu Shisheng who is a director of the Institute for South Asian Studies at the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations pointed out, India has also taken the lead in planning small-scale multilateral cooperation mechanisms in the Indian Ocean”
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