NEW DELHI – A few days after a sensational Chinese missile test in the Pacific Ocean, on Sunday the United States, the United Kingdom, and a dozen other Western and Asian countries, including Italy, reiterated that China’s territorial claims in the South China Sea have no legal basis.
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The occasion was provided by the anniversary of a ruling by a tribunal constituted under the aegis of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (Unclos). “We reaffirm the validity of the Arbitral Tribunal’s decision, according to which there is no legal basis for the broad maritime claims advanced by China in the South China Sea, including those based on so-called ‘historic rights,’” the statement reads.
The Tribunal had established that “there is no legal basis allowing China to claim historic rights over resources in the South China Sea” beyond its territorial areas recognized by the Convention itself. The joint statement also condemned activities deemed “destabilizing” in the disputed maritime areas, stating that they pose a threat to the security, peace, and stability of the Indo-Pacific.
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Modi’s trip to the Indo-Pacific
The stance came after an unusually intense week diplomatically, largely thanks to the state visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi who visited Indonesia, Australia, and New Zealand, signing agreements in various fields, but especially in strategic sectors such as defense and energy security.
Among other things, India will sell the supersonic BrahMos missiles it produces in a joint venture with the Russians to Indonesia and will buy uranium from Australia, the country with the largest global reserves of the mineral but which had always refused to make it available to New Delhi for fear that supplies would be diverted to nuclear weapons production.
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