New Delhi objects to US Navy’s military moves in Indian seas SECTIONS Share Synopsis “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.