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The United States, Japan and Australia have participated in the Malabar naval exercise with India amid tensions with China.
The first phase of the naval exercise is scheduled to take place off the Indian coast, the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal starting Tuesday. Khabar Anandabazar newspaper.
The first phase of the Malabar naval exercise, which will take place in two phases, will take place from November 3-6 off the coast of Visakhapatnam.
The exercise will feature the US Navy’s anti-missile warship USS John S. McCain, Australia’s HMAS Balarat and MH-60 helicopters, and Japan’s JMSDF Onami (Destroyer).
The Quad, a dialogue between the United States, Japan, Australia and India, was launched in 2006, advocating for ways to keep shipping “free and independent” in India and the Pacific. Ten years later, ‘Quad Dialogue’ has come back to life since 2016.
The foreign ministers of the four countries attended a special meeting in Tokyo in early October. It was there that the issue of including Australia in the Malabar naval exercise arose. The rest of the world, including India, agreed. After that, in the Corona situation, they were discussing everything through a virtual medium. The topic was finalized at a conference in New Delhi in late October following the inclusion of Australia.
The exercise comes at a time when China and Australia are embroiled in diplomatic disputes. China also has trade disputes with the United States. At the same time, China is also in conflict with India on its border.
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