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India objects to US Navy ship's patrol without consent [View all]
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: April 9, 2021
NEW DELHI — India on Friday objected to a U.S. Navy ship conducting a "freedom of navigation" patrol in its exclusive economic zone without its prior consent.
"We have conveyed our concerns regarding this passage through our EEZ to the government of U.S.A through diplomatic channels,'' External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said.
The U.S. 7th Fleet said in a statement earlier that the USS John Paul Jones on Wednesday "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."
It said India's requirement that countries receive prior consent for military operations in its EEZ was "inconsistent with international law" and that the United States "will fly, sail and operate wherever international law allows.''
"We have conveyed our concerns regarding this passage through our EEZ to the government of U.S.A through diplomatic channels,'' External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said.
The U.S. 7th Fleet said in a statement earlier that the USS John Paul Jones on Wednesday "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."
It said India's requirement that countries receive prior consent for military operations in its EEZ was "inconsistent with international law" and that the United States "will fly, sail and operate wherever international law allows.''
more:
https://www.stripes.com/news/pacific/india-objects-to-us-navy-ship-s-patrol-without-consent-1.669168
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