India and Vietnam Call for Freedom of Navigation in South China Sea

"India and Vietnam Call for Freedom of Navigation in South China Sea" — Ankit Panda — The Diplomat — September 18, 2014
Ahead of Xi Jinping’s scheduled three-day visit to India, Indian President Pranab Mukherjee traveled to Vietnam for a state visit. At the conclusion of his trip to Vietnam, Mukherjee and his counterpart, Truong Tan Sang, issued a joint communique in which they jointly called for countries to stand for freedom of navigation in the disputed South China Sea.