It’s important for like-minded democracies to together uphold the rules-based order, whether in Ukraine or in Indo-Pacific where China is posing challenges, Sweden’s foreign minister Maria Malmer Stenergard tells TOI’s Sachin Parashar in an exclusive interview. Excerpts: What is your Indo-Pacific policy all about? We came up with our strategy last year and it’s on…
Sweden foreign minister Maria Malmer Stenergard As India seeks a better understanding from Europe about the situation in the Indo-Pacific, Sweden has become the latest major European power to have its own strategy for the region. Its visiting foreign minister Maria Malmer Stenergard told TOI in an exclusive interview that it’s important for like-minded democracies…
NEW DELHI: Amid growing convergence on strategic issues, including their vision for a rules-based order in the Indo-Pacific, India and Japan agreed in a joint statement issued after the 2+2 dialogue on Tuesday to revise and update the 2008 Joint Declaration on Security Cooperation to reflect contemporary priorities and to be responsive to the current…
NEW DELHI: The Indian Navy is ensuring that no nation “suppresses another” in Indo-Pacific or “endangers its strategic autonomy” on the basis of economic strength or military power, defence minister Rajnath Singh said on Friday, in a clear reference to China’s continuing attempts to expand its strategic footprint in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR).“Securing free…
