SEAnews 2015-11-13 ArtNo.45541

【New Delhi】India wants a “code of conduct” for every nation to follow while passing through the disputed South China Sea that remains the most controversial geographical space in the Indian Ocean because of China's territorial claims.
　“We hope that the Code of Conduct in the South China Sea will be concluded at an early date by consensus,” Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said at the third ASEAN Defence Ministers' Meeting at Kuala Lumpur in the presence of his counterparts from the USA and China.

○Defence minister raises Pakistan question in Russia, shares concerns on arms sales

【New Delhi】Defence minister Manohar Parrikar is believed to have raised the Pakistan question during his two-day visit to Moscow, sharing India's concerns on Russia's recent arms sales to Pakistan and talks of future collaborations on the military front.
　Parrikar, who met his counterpart Sergei Shoigu for the intergovernmental commission on military and technical cooperation, primarily discussed joint military projects like the medium transport aircraft and the fifth generation fighter programm, but also put across India's concern on the growing Russia-Pakistan military relations, sources told ET.

○Nepal to China: Open new supply routes

【New Delhi】Beijing on the 4th of November called upon Kathmandu to resolve differences over the new Constitution "without outside interference", even as Nepal requested China to open new routes for supply of essential goods with land routes from India on the Nepal-Bihar border remaining blocked by Madhesi protestors.
　The blockade of land routes has not only led to shortage of essential supplies, particularly oil, but also medicines. "Properly resolve differences through consultations in a peaceful manner with no interference from outside" said a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson. Beijing also said it was willing to have friendly consultations with India to work out a consensus to address Nepal’s constitutional crisis.

【News source】

India seeks code of conduct on disputed South China Sea

Defence minister Manohar Parrikar raises Pakistan question in Russia, shares concerns on arms sales

Nepal to China: Open new supply routes

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