China defends holding naval exercises between Australia and Indonesia

[Indos]

Thanks..
Looks like the ships sailed from Bay of Bengal.. Lombock straights is in Indonesian territorial waters.. Wonder how Indonesia allowed foreign military ships to sail and do exercises in its territorial waters

Of course because they ask permission first to us to sail through, but never to exercise. Even our F-16 challenged USA F-18 when their aircraft carrier passed our territory near Bawean Island during Bush Administration.

 

[BoQ77]

Do you know, in my rooftop, I can observe the scene of the Minister shaking hand with Mr. Do Ba Ty ... ?

Defence cooperation boosts Vietnam-Indonesia relations


QĐND - Thursday, February 13, 2014, 20:13 (GMT+7)

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PANO – Vietnam and Indonesia see development in their defence cooperation, making contributions to lifting their traditional ties to a new height.

General Phung Quang Thanh, Minister of National Defence, on February 13thstressed that at a reception to General Moeldoko, Chief of the Indonesian Military (TNI), who is on a working visit to Vietnam at the invitation of Senior Lieutenant General Do Ba Ty, Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army cum Deputy Minister of National Defence.

General Phung Quang Thanh and General Moeldoko
The Minister of National Defence welcomed the Indonesian guest and hoped his visit to Vietnam would contribute to promoting friendship and cooperation between the two nations’ peoples and armies in the coming time.

He also highly appreciated the results of talks between Senior Lieutenant General Do Ba Ty and General Moeldoko, adding that Vietnam wants to boost cooperation with Indonesia in fields of delegation exchanges, defence industry, and search and rescue.

For his part, General Moeldoko thanked General Phung Quang Thanh for his warm reception and said that the two sides would foster their defence cooperation in the coming time in order to strengthening their traditional ties and maintaining the peace, stability and development in the region.

Senior Lieutenant General Do Ba Ty (L) and General Moeldoko
Earlier, Senior Lieutenant General Do Ba Ty held talks with General Moeldoko. They reviewed the two nations’ defence cooperation over the past time and worked out measures to develop the ties, while exchanging their views on regional and international issues of mutual concern.

In order to match the existing potential and desire of the two sides, they agreed on conducting high-ranking delegation exchanges and their navies’ cooperation, paving the way for the establishment of the “Joint patrol” regulation and the Joint Working Group on defence cooperation, finding cooperation opportunities in logistics-techniques and defence industry, and supporting each other at regional forums like ADMM, ADMM+ and ARF.

Vietnam hopes to receive support from Indonesia for an initiative to form an ADMM+ expert working group on humanitarian mine action, which was put forward by Vietnam at the 7th ASEAN Defence Ministers Meeting (ADMM-7) in Brunei last year, and its experience in the UN peacekeeping activities, added the Deputy Minister of National Defence.

 

[GR!FF!N]

According to this article they passed through the Lombok Straight.
China's Navy Holds Indian Ocean Drills - ABC News

lombock straight - Google Maps

other articles mentioned that they passed through Sunda Strait and Lombock Strait and drilled there(between both straits and in between Indonesia and Australia)..an unusual place to hold exercises,don't you say???

 

[Beidou2020]

other articles mentioned that they passed through Sunda Strait and Lombock Strait and drilled there(between both straits and in between Indonesia and Australia)..an unusual place to hold exercises,don't you say???

International waters

 

[GR!FF!N]

International waters

I know..but its wonderful to see that you guys atleast acknowledge there is something called "International Water"...

anyway,back to the topic...

I said its unusual as its just off coast of Indonesia,with whom China has no enmity.though Australia is nearby.why one will choose a place to drill which is under nose of very advanced "Maritime Nations" where there is plenty of water to project its power??Piracy,SAR,Missile Drill,and that too in a water so far away??its like USA is practicing Annual SAR exercise at Black Sea.

 

[Oldman1]

International waters

So thats how you responded to USS Cowpens in international waters?

 

[Maxtini]

Indonesia allows North-South sea lane to pass it's archipelagic water~ the only one not allowed is west-east sea lane

 

[Beidou2020]

So thats how you responded to USS Cowpens in international waters?

Oh please, it's well known that the US military harassed our ships and then when we tried to defend ourselves, the Americans cried foul and ran to the propaganda mouthpieces (CNN, etc).

We have no reason to pick a fight with the US Navy, we were just training and minding our own business.

Interfering in other people's internal affairs is a cultural trait of White Anglo-Saxon Protestant (WASP).

 

[Oldman1]

Oh please, it's well known that the US military harassed our ships and then when we tried to defend ourselves, the Americans cried foul and ran to the propaganda mouthpieces (CNN, etc).

We have no reason to pick a fight with the US Navy, we were just training and minding our own business.

Interfering in other people's internal affairs is a cultural trait of White Anglo-Saxon Protestant (WASP).

Defending yourself? You sent a ship into ours. So it goes the other way around. Especially for one ship against how many of yours at the time of the training?

 

[Globenim]

China isnt defending or justifying their rights to train where anyone is allowed to train at any time.

We are just calming down population and explain our intent or what isnt, when vile warmonger and rogue regimes cry about "the Chinese threat" again.