New Delhi: India on Tuesday called for upholding the freedom of navigation, overflight and unimpeded commerce in the South China Sea, and backed a 2016 ruling by an international arbitral tribunal that rejected Beijing's extensive territorial claims over the resource-rich region.
New Delhi's remarks on the South China Sea dispute came two days after the US, the UK and a dozen other Western and Asian countries reminded China about the tribunal's verdict that its expansive claims in the region are illegal.
