India backs Japan on maritime security to fend off China
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NEW DELHI: With both India and Japan facing an assertive China, New Delhi this week came out clearly on Tokyo's side on the high seas. During his visit to Tokyo this week, foreign minister Salman Khurshid said India would help Japan to ensure freedom of navigation on the seas, a key assurancebefore the visit of PM Manmohan Singh to Japan in May.
"There can be little doubt that countries like India and Japan must cooperate in ensuring the security of the global commons including freedom of navigation on the high seas that is critical to both our countries which import large amounts of oil and gas."Let me say clearly today that India stands with Japan, and other like-minded countries, in pursuing and implementing these goals and objectives," Khurshid said during a speech at the Rikkyo University in Tokyo earlier this week. Japan has been involved in a dispute with China on the East China Sea, while this week Beijing's naval patrols off Malaysia and Brunei have raised concerns there as well. India retains commercial interests in South China Sea, but may come up against China's aggressive patrolling there too.
However, to clarify matters officially, Khurshid said, "All this cooperation is not aimed at any other country but helps us to gain valuable knowledge and experience about the interoperability of our defence forces." He added, "Indian and Japanese Coast Guards have regular interactions as does the Indian Navy and Japan's Maritime Self-Defence Force."
Russian ships conduct firing practice in South China Sea
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MOSCOW, March 28 (Xinhua) -- A group of six Russian navy warships conducted firing exercises in the South China Sea, the country's Pacific Fleet said Thursday.
"A big anti-submarine ship Admiral Panteleyev has conducted artillery shooting exercises in the South China Sea. The sea targets were destroyed," Pacific Fleet spokesman Roman Martov told local media.
Ka-27 carrier-born helicopters made several sorties in a simulated enemy submarine search. The crews also tested their ships' survival capabilities, Martov said.
The Russian ships, including one big anti-submarine ship, three landing ships, a tanker and a rescue vessel, are on their way to the Gulf of Aden where they will protect navigation against piracy.
This is the ninth mission by the Pacific Fleet to Somali shores.
india dan jepang udah jelas sikapnya.
india pegang vietnam, jepang pegang filipina
russia masih abu2, sementara malaysia udah mulai dicolek2.
myanmar masih kental pengaruh china walo AS udah mulai memasukkan bantuan.
thailand sebagai koordinator ASEAN saat ini masih sibuk menyatukan sikap negara anggota
Kamboja jelas die harders nya china sampe2 "dikutuk" pemimpin ASEAN lain
