16 February 2012

News Story: India tells Asean it believes in ‘open’ South China Sea


Habhajan Singh

India shares the concern of the Association of South-East Asian Nations (Asean) in ensuring that the South China Sea, home to the hotly disputed Spratly Islands, remains open for trade.

“South China Sea is one of the most important routes for trade.

It is India’s desire that it continues to retain that basic precepts,” Foreign Minister SM Krishna (picture) told a group of Asean journalists in New Delhi.

He said trading routes, traditional and non-traditional, have to be honoured.

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