[Marxistindia] Assert Indian Sovereignty: Quit the Quad

[news from the cpi(m)]

April 10, 2021
Press Statement
 
The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the
following statement:
 
Assert Indian Sovereignty: Quit the Quad
 
The American Seventh Fleet  warship's  intrusion into India's Exclusive
Economic Zone (EEZ) waters off the coast of Lakshadweep is a gratuitous
challenge to India's sovereignty.  
 
The statement of the Seventh Fleet makes it clear that this operation was
for "challenging India's excessive maritime claims".
 
The United States is being blatantly hypocritical.  It has not signed the
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Seas, of which India is a
signatory, but claims it is acting as per international law.
 
The Modi government's response to this hostile act is to mildly assert that
the passage of military ships through India's EEZ requires its consent,
something which the United States refuses to accept.  
 
Having joined the Quad alliance, the Modi government has bound itself to
serve American interests and has compromised its position by subscribing to
the American formulation of "freedom of navigation" in the Indo-Pacific
region.  
 
The US armed forces are treating India as a regional satrap of America.
That is the message of the Seventh Fleet.
 
If the Modi government has any self-respect and regard for India's
sovereignty, it should immediately withdraw from the Quad alliance.  
 
 
 
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