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Indian Ocean: Rajnath Singh's veiled di
TNN | Mar 6, 2024, 12.31 PM IST

PANAJI: In a veiled reference to China's e

defence minister Rajnath Singh on Tues
tolerate hegemony or coercion in Indian
would stand with allies when their sover
Singh, who was in Goa to inaugurate new
training building of Naval War College at
carrier piers at Karwar naval base, emph
stronger, it would not only allow neighbo
economically grow, but would also stren
rule of law in the region.

"India is ensuring that all neighbouring c

stakeholders of Indian Ocean are helped
autonomy and sovereignty," he said, adding that Navy was operationally ready to fulfil it
providing full assistance to littoral countries.
The defence minister also spoke about Navy playing a role in safeguarding the country's
Pacific region. "Our Navy ensures that no country, with its overwhelming economic and
suppress our friendly countries or crush their sovereignty in the Indo-Pacific region. The
Navy stands with our allies provides substantive strength to India's global values," he sai

Singh later also witnessed demonstration of "twin aircraft carrier operations" by new ind
older, Russian-origin INS Vikramaditya, on western seaboard, while addressing naval co

Highlighting the importance of focusing on maritime threats, Singh said due to past co
China in north, efforts were made to strengthen land borders, because of which maritim
priority. "In view of increased movement of our adversaries in IOR and commercial impo
necessary to re-assess our threat perception and accordingly re-balance our military res
attention," Singh said.

Singh said most of the global trade passed through the sea route, with the Indo-Pacific
hub. Due to increasing goods trade, threats such as piracy, trafficking and terrorism nee
that India's trade and interests were not compromised. He cited the damage to four un
which carry approximately 97% of all internet traffic, as yet another reason for Navy to re