The United States and Vietnam are engaged in a serious effort to broaden and deepen bilateral ties. In that context, Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs Andrew Shapiro cochaired the fifth U.S.-Vietnam Political, Security, and Defense Dialogue (PSDD) with Vice Foreign Minister Le Luong Minh of Vietnam on June 20 in Hanoi. The PSDD […]
Hanoi, Sat, 07 Jul 2012 ANI Hanoi, July 7 (ANI): Vietnamese Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Van Thao has hoped that India would echo a strong voice in the region to help Vietnam resolve the South China Sea dispute peacefully and as per international laws. China is involved in long-running disputes with Vietnam and […]
THE COMMANDER of a Plymouth warship has issued a stark warning to pirates operating in the Middle East, writes Rebecca Ricks. HMS Sutherland’s Commander, Al Wilson, spoke to The Herald yesterday as his ship sailed for the notorious waters around the Horn of Africa. He said there was a “very clear message” that piracy would […]
Published on July 6, 2012 by Mark Lowe · No Comments Al Wilson, the Commander of HMS Sutherland, has issued a stark warning to pirates operating in the Middle East that piracy would not be tolerated by his ship, crew or other maritime forces and that tactics included destroying and confiscating any pirate paraphernalia. Stark warning to pirates […]
ROMA (Sh.M.Network)-The 22nd meeting of the International Contact Group (ICG) on Somalia Was held from 2-3 July 2012 in Rome under the chairmanship of the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Somalia, Dr Augustine Mahiga, together with the ICG Co-chairs (Norway and the USA). The Italian Foreign Minister, Giulio Terzi, Speaker Sharif Hassan Sheikh Aden […]
Portland law firm Verrill Dana has formed a new practice group focused on maritime law and technology as the firm attempts to capitalize on some emerging legal issues specific to the high seas. While the maritime and marine technology practice group is really just a formalization of work already being done by many in the […]
Ramola Talwar Badam DUBAI //A group of 31 Somali judges and prosecutors will travel to the UAE in October for training in holding piracy trials. The workshops are part of a UAE-French initiative to equip the Somali judicial system to try its own piracy cases, rather than relying on other nations to prosecute them. […]
Ramola Talwar Badam DUBAI //A group of 31 Somali judges and prosecutors will travel to the UAE in October for training in holding piracy trials. The workshops are part of a UAE-French initiative to equip the Somali judicial system to try its own piracy cases, rather than relying on other nations to prosecute them. “We […]
Hardened lines in the South China SeaBy Roberto Tofani HANOI – Tit-for-tat moves by China and Vietnam represent the latest indication that tensions could break into conflict over contested and potentially resource rich maritime areas in the South China Sea. Hanoi’s National Assembly late last month overwhelmingly passed a law that effectively declared sovereignty over […]
BEIJING (Reuters) – China has begun combat-ready patrols in the waters around a disputed group of islands in the South China Sea, the Defence Ministry said on Thursday, the latest escalation in tension over the potentially resource-rich area. An aerial view shows the Pagasa (Hope) Island, part of the disputed Spratly group of islands, in […]