{"id":18736,"date":"2021-04-11T16:24:23","date_gmt":"2021-04-11T16:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/04\/11\/india-objects-to-us-navy-ships-transit-without-consent\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:02:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:02:01","slug":"india-objects-to-us-navy-ships-transit-without-consent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2021\/04\/11\/india-objects-to-us-navy-ships-transit-without-consent\/","title":{"rendered":"India objects to US Navy ship\u2019s transit without consent"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NEW DELHI \u2014 India on Friday objected to a U.S. Navy ship conducting a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2021\/03\/10\/us-military-conducted-fewer-fonops-in-fy-2020\/\" target=_blank>\u201cfreedom of navigation\u201d<\/a> patrol in its exclusive economic zone without its prior consent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe have conveyed our concerns regarding this passage through our EEZ to the government of U.S.A through diplomatic channels,\u201d External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. 7th Fleet said in a statement earlier that the USS John Paul Jones on Wednesday \u201casserted navigational rights and freedoms approximately 130 nautical miles west of the Lakshadweep Islands, inside India\u2019s exclusive economic zone, without requesting India\u2019s prior consent, consistent with international law.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2021\/03\/21\/india-us-to-expand-military-engagement-defense-ties\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21079209804362.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">India, US to expand military engagement, defense ties<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The U.S. and India have steadily ramped up their military relationship in recent years and signed a string of defense deals and deepened military cooperation.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It said India\u2019s requirement that countries receive prior consent for military operations in its EEZ was \u201cinconsistent with international law\u201d and that the United States \u201cwill fly, sail and operate wherever international law allows.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bagchi said the vessel was monitored continuously as it sailed from the Persian Gulf toward the Malacca Strait.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2021\/03\/10\/us-military-conducted-fewer-fonops-in-fy-2020\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/mccain-fonop.jpeg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">US military challenged fewer maritime claims with FONOPs in FY 2020<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Both the number of excessive maritime claims and the number of countries making such claims were down compared to 2019.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said in a statement that India believes the U.N. 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