India’s call for respect for int’l law in South China Sea disputes a message to China

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(TibetanReview.net, Nov01’25) – In comments clearly directed at China without mentioning it by name, India’s Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has on Nov 1 advocated for respect for international law and freedom of navigation and overflight in the hotly contested South China Sea maritime territory.

China is locked in a dispute with five other countries — Vietnam, Malaysia, the Philippines, Brunei and Taiwan — with each having overlapping claims in the hydrocarbon and other maritime resources-rich South China Sea.

Singh was speaking at the ASEAN defence ministers meeting at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Barring Taiwan, the other countries locked in a dispute with China are members of the ASEA...

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