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India PM Modi calls for maritime agreement amid sea disputes India PM Modi calls for maritime agreement amid sea disputes
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India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi renewed calls Friday for a maritime agreement that would make international waters more secure. The statement, amid increasingly tense territorial disputes in the South China Sea, was made after a meeting with Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong ahead of an annual international security conference in the city-state. Modi said the two leaders reiterated their commitment to a rules-based order for maritime security and called for an open, fair and transparent agreement to make it happen. Modi will give a keynote address at the Shangri-La Dialogue conference, which will be attended by US Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis, among others. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi renewed calls Friday for a maritime agreement that would make international waters more secure. The statement, amid increasingly tense territorial disputes in the South China Sea, was made after a meeting with Singapore’s prime minister, Lee Hsien Loong, ahead of an annual international security conference in the city-state. Modi said the two leaders reiterated their commitment to a rules-based order for maritime security and called for an open, fair and transparent agreement to make it happen. Modi will give a keynote address at the Shangri-La Dialogue conference, which will be attended by US Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis, among others.