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S1E21: ‘Closet Nehru’ Modi has played Indian foreign policy well: Speaking of Asia

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The US-India Joint Statement on the South China Sea and the Quad and I2U2

Ravi Velour: In the joint statement that came out of the US-India summit in Washington, there were specific references to the South China Sea. Do these things have strategic implications for Southeast Asia, particularly for maritime Southeast Asia? Dr Baru: I think we are now in defense relationship to get down with Philippines, which is growing with Singapore. So, it would have implications for ASEAN, but I hope that we work in a cooperative mode with ASEAN because our interests are similar. We want freedom of the seas, we want freedom of navigation. And you should not neglect that.

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