Mumbai, Oct 15 (UNI) Providing a safe, secure, and stable maritime system is an imperative to all of mankind and not just for the navies of the US and India, said Chief of US Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Mike Gilday on Friday during his visit to the Western Naval Command here.
In his remarks to the Indian Navy, he said the cooperation between their two navies ensures that our most vital resource, seawater, is shared sustainably and responsibly.
“Cooperation, when applied with naval power, promotes freedom and peace and prevents coercion, intimidation, and aggression,” he said in thinly veiled allusion to China’s aggression in the Indian Ocean and South China Seas.