New Delhi: India on Tuesday said it imagined an open and inclusive and inclusive indo-Pacific and rules by respecting the sovereignty and territory integrity of all countries in the region.
Riva Ganguly Das, Secretary (Eastern) at the Ministry of External (MEA), also said that a comprehensive approach to maritime security must protect and support legitimate activities while fighting traditional and non-traditional threats.
He was talking to the 5th East Asia Summit Conference on Maritime Security Cooperation.
Grouping of the East Asia Summit (EAS) including India, China, Japan, Republic of Korea, Australia, New Zealand, the United States and Russia in addition to the 10 ASEAN member countries (associations of Southeast Asian countries.
“India imagined Indo-Pacific for free, open, Inclusive and rule-based in connection with territorial sovereignty and integrity of all countries in the region, resolving peaceful disputes, avoidance of use or threats of strength use, and compliance with international law, “Ganguly Das said.
He said the Indo-Pacific Indo-Pacific initiative ( IPOI) is based on this vision and it is an open and non-agreement-based initiative that does not imagine creating a new institutional framework.
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At the East Asia Summit in Bangkok in 2019, Prime Minister Narendra Modi proposed establishing IPOI to preserve and sustainably using the maritime domain and to make meaningful efforts to create a safe and safe maritime domain.
“As a nation that is committed to strengthening EAS as an ASEAN-led organization, India continues to contribute positively to the purpose of EAS including maritime security cooperation,” Ganguly Das said.
“We are happy to have a valuable EAS platform to advance the objectives considered in the Ipoi and discuss mutual interest issues and overcome joint challenges in the common maritime security domain,” he added.
India imagined open, inclusive indo-Pacific
