Chennai:
A US expert has called for direct cooperation between United states and India in the Indian Ocean after Hague Tribunal rejected Beijing’s claims on South China Sea.
Dr Peter Dutton, director of China Maritime Studies Institute, US Naval War College, Washington DC while participating in a discussion programme from Washington said that US and India only had a parallel cooperation in Indian ocean, now time has come for direct cooperation.
He also said that in the longer run the global community should not appease China. “The international community should be prepared to use sanctions against China in the longer run to defend the integrity of international system,” said Dutton.
He said that the world sees the the finding of International Tribunal rejecting Beijing’s claims on South China Sea as legitimate.
“The ball is in China’s court. If China increases militarisation, it will confront the whole world,” said Dutton..
“China has to confront the legitimacy that it is in the wrong side. They won’t be conciliatory due to domestic concerns as they are caught between international public opinion and domestic opinion,” he said.
Interestingly, United States is not a participant in International Criminal Court. The failure to ratify the convention has put US in company with rogue nations like Iran and North Korea., says Dutton hoping that the new president may support the convention.
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