WASHINGTON, July 25, 2024
From our Overseas Bureau
China is making inroads into key choke points along the Indian Ocean and obstructing the right to freely navigate the waters, an influential American law-maker has said, expressing concerns over increasing Chinese investment in South Asia.
Congresswoman Young Kim, who is chairman of the Sub-committee on Indo-Pacific in the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said, South Asia holds immense significance for United States’ foreign policy and national security interests.
The region faces a dynamic geopolitical landscape that presents challenges for the U.S. policy objectives. Notably, Indian Ocean is a crucial channel for global trade, an estimated 80 per cent of maritime oil trade and 40 per cent of world trade passes through the Indian Ocean, Young Kim underlined.
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