Palau/Beijing: – Palau, known as the island country in the Pacific Ocean, seized intruding Chinese ships and arrested the sailors. The Palau agencies accused that the Chinese vessels were intruding into the Palau marine region for fishing. Palau is known as one of the few countries awarding recognition to Taiwan. Therefore, this action attains further […]
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Colombo: – India has started opening fronts on different levels, to counter the increasing Chinese activities in the Indo-Pacific region. Cooperation is being solicited from the neighbouring countries for this purpose. The meeting held on Saturday, between Indian National Security Advisor (NSA), Ajit Doval, and Sri Lanka and the Maldives, clearly point to that. Sources […]
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Taipei/Washington: – As per reports Rear Admiral Michael Studeman, Chief of military intelligence in the US Indo-Pacific Command, visited Taiwan. The Taiwanese sources have confirmed the reports. But the US defence department has not reacted to the report. The visit of the senior US naval officer, against the background of Chinese threats of attack on […]
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Canberra: – Australian Defence Minister Linda Reynolds asserted that Australia would increase cooperation with like-minded countries, like India, for an open, secured and all-inclusive Indo-Pacific region. The Australian Defence Minister also pointed out that the joint naval exercises with a strategic partner like India indicate that the ties are strengthening. Against the background of the […]
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New Delhi: Last week, India had initiated movements to include France in the leading QUAD in the Indo-Pacific region. Now, as per the recent news, France may participate in the joint naval exercises in the Indo-Pacific region with Australia and India. Moreover, it is being claimed that China will increase its movements in the Indian […]
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Guam: – While the Chinese activities are increasing in the Pacific sector, including the South China Sea, the United States has started comprehensive war exercises near Guam. Japan, Australia, South Korea are participating, along with the United States, in these exercises named as Pacific Vanguard. These are the second multinational war exercises organised by the […]
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New Delhi: The first tripartite meeting was held between the Foreign Secretaries of India, France and Australia, on Wednesday. Discussions regarding increasing cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region and the challenges in the sector were held during the meeting. The importance of the meeting increases given the increasing Chinese aggression in this sector. Meanwhile, France had […]
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New Delhi: – India, Bangladesh and Nepal have decided to expedite the development of road, rail and waterways network between the three countries, for free passenger and freight movement, under the Motor Vehicle Agreement (MVA). A meeting of Bangladesh-Bhutan-India-Nepal (BBIN) was held on Sunday. BBIN had signed a ‘free movement of passengers and freight’ agreement […]
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Hanoi/Beijing: “The Asian countries from the South China Sea region should stand up against China, on the issues of independence and sovereignty,” urged Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison. Morrison is currently on a visit to Vietnam and both the countries announced a resolve, to take a firm stand against the Chinese arrogance, during the visit. […]
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Canberra: “In the coming times, the US influence in the Indo-Pacific sector could wane. In such a scenario, it will not be possible even for the United States to defend its allies. If this threat is to be averted, Japan and Australia have to assist the United States, by increasing their military investment and deployment […]
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