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Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Pak's new port has strategic implications for India
Gwadar, Baluchistan, Pakistan
Gwadar port being built by Pakistan with Chinese assistance in its Baluchistan coast has 'serious strategic implications for India', Naval Chief Admiral Sureesh Mehta has said.
"Being only 180 nautical miles from the exit of the Straits of Hormuz, Gwadar, being built in Baluchistan coast, would enable Pakistan to take control over the world energy jugular and interdiction of Indian tankers," he said delivering T S Narayanaswamy Memorial lecture in Chennai, capital of Tamil Nadu Monday night, Zeenews portal reported here.
The challenge for India was to balance relations with China in such a manner that competition for strategic significance of space in the Indian Ocean leads to cooperation rather than conflict, he said.
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