As US Navy Holds Op Off Lakshwadeep “Without Consent” India Is Concerned.
Published on April 09, 2021 with No Comments
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,
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