New Delhi/Hanoi: India and Vietnam have decided to increase cooperation in the Indo-Pacific sector, given the tension created due to the dominant and inciting Chinese activities. 17th meeting of India-Vietnam Joint Commission was held on Tuesday. During this virtual meeting, Indian Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar invited Vietnam to join the Indo-Pacific Ocean Initiative. At this […]
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Washington/Beijing: – The United States rejected the Chinese claims regarding the South China Sea in clear and emphatic words- The United States is a staunch supporter of free and open Indo-Pacific region and the Chinese claims on the South China Sea, which is a part of this region, are completely illegal. China has reacted very […]
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Washington: Former US Deputy Secretary of State, Alice Wells, advised that India should play a more active role in QUAD, which has Australia and Japan along with the United States as members. Wells has worked as a chief for south and central Asia. Wells warned that it would not be advisable to waste time in […]
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Beijing: The number of deaths due to Coronavirus has crossed 2,000. The epidemic has claimed 2,004 lives in China alone. Against this background, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has reached Laos in Vietnam to hold discussions with the ASEAN countries. ASEAN had expressed concerns over the Coronavirus epidemic in a joint statement. Whereas, Russia has […]
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Hanoi: The United States has taken one more decision intending to strengthen the Vietnamese navy. US Secretary for Defence, Mark Esper, announced that the United States would soon be supplying a patrol ship to Vietnam for its maritime security. This US-Vietnam cooperation becomes vital, given the rising tension with China, in the South China Sea. […]
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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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Phnom Penh: Amid the reports of the ASEAN countries criticizing China for the aggression in the South China Sea, reports of Beijing establishing military cooperation with the state of Cambodia have surfaced. Cambodia informed that China was to supply weapons worth $40 million, under the collaboration. A few days ago, the western media had claimed […]
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Bangkok: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi warned ‘South China Sea is an issue between China and the ASEAN countries. The countries from outside need not poke their nose in this matter. The countries that are not from this marine region should not create an atmosphere of distrust between China and the ASEAN Countries.’ Although the […]
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Canberra: “The environment has changed, and we can’t just do what we’ve done before. We cannot continue with the same old peace flag-waving. Australia must step up its patrol in the South China Sea to build ‘real credibility’ or face China’s dictatorship,” strongly warned Senior Australian Analyst, Sam Fairall-Lee. He further appealed that Australia must […]
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Beijing/Washington: The Chinese mouthpiece claimed that the deployment of fighter jets on the artificial islands, built in the South China Sea, is necessary for the security of China whereas, analysts from the United States have accused China of creating a separate Airforce command centre, deploying fighter jets on these artificial islands. A US news channel […]
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