By Jemimah Joanne C. Villaruel

April 8, 2015

"In his first State Visit to the US in September 2014, Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India and President Barack Obama issued a joint statement reaffirming "the importance of safeguarding maritime security and ensuring freedom of navigation and over flight throughout the region, especially in the South China Sea" as well as calling "on all parties to avoid the threat or use of force" in maritime disputes. In addition, the two leaders also expressed their reproach of China's provocations with its neighbors over the maritime tensions in the South China Sea.

These strong statements not only express the convergence of US and Indian interests in the South China Sea but also convey the growing unease of non-littoral states such as India and the US over Chinese actions in the region."

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