During his forthcoming visit to China for four days from April 5, 2010, for talks with the Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi, S. M. Krishna, the Indian Foreign Minister, should review co-operation in counter-terrorism with China in order to re-focus it on co-operation in maritime counter-terrorism instead of the present focus on co-operation against conventional land-based terrorism. He should explore the possibility of closer cooperation involving the Navies of India, China, Singapore and Japan in ensuring sealane security and in protecting the commercial ships and energy supplies of the four countries from possible attacks by terrorists and pirates operating from Yemen and Somalia. Full Story
Wanted: India-China-Japan-Singapore Task Force On Maritime Counter-Terrorism
Eurasia Review, 30 Mar 2010
During his forthcoming visit to China for four days from April 5, 2010, for talks with the Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi, S. M. Krishna, the Indian Foreign Minister, should review co-operation in counter-terrorism with China in order to re-focus it on co-operation in maritime counter-terrorism instead of the present focus on co-operation against conventional land-based terrorism. He should explore the possibility of closer cooperation involving the Navies of India, China, Singapore and Japan in ensuring sealane security and in protecting the commercial ships and energy supplies of the four countries from possible attacks by terrorists and pirates operating from Yemen and Somalia. Full Story
During his forthcoming visit to China for four days from April 5, 2010, for talks with the Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi, S. M. Krishna, the Indian Foreign Minister, should review co-operation in counter-terrorism with China in order to re-focus it on co-operation in maritime counter-terrorism instead of the present focus on co-operation against conventional land-based terrorism. He should explore the possibility of closer cooperation involving the Navies of India, China, Singapore and Japan in ensuring sealane security and in protecting the commercial ships and energy supplies of the four countries from possible attacks by terrorists and pirates operating from Yemen and Somalia. Full Story
