Express News Service 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.