00:00So, for us when this ship wanted to come in and that too in difficulties, I think it was
00:06the humane thing to do and I think we were guided by that principle and in a sense of
00:14the other ships, one obviously had a similar situation in Sri Lanka and they took the decision
00:22which they did and one unfortunately didn't make it.
00:27So, I think we really approached it from the point of view of, in a sense, of humanity
00:36of other than, you know, whatever the legal issues were and I think we did the right thing.
00:42Right, and I understand India did the best that could have been done under the circumstances
00:46but the criticism is that this happened in India's, and I'm quoting, backyard and this
00:54is we've said in the past that the Indian Ocean is in the Indian Ocean.
00:58So what does it mean for India's position as a net security provider in this region?
01:04Look, I don't think, I think there's a lot of social media debates going on on this.
01:12Social media by its very nature is a forum for very sharp, angular, sometimes extreme expression
01:20of views.
01:22I mean, people have a right to express that.
01:25But there is, I mean, please understand the reality of the Indian Ocean, I mean, Dago Garcia
01:31has been in the Indian Ocean for last five decades, it's not something which happened last week
01:37or last month.
01:39There are other, you know, Djibouti, the fact there are foreign forces based in Djibouti happened
01:48in the early first decade of this century, Hambantota came up during this period.
01:52So the idea that, you know, somehow the Indian Ocean is limited to only the countries of the
01:59Indian Ocean, others aren't there, the fifth fleet is based in Bahrain.
02:04So, I think people, I mean, if you're asking me a serious question, I'd give you a serious
02:10reply.
02:10If you're asking me a non-serious question, I think, I'll leave it.
02:14This is a non-serious question that we are not the net security provider of the region
02:18or are we rethinking that position?
02:20No, it is, I think any serious question has to take into account what is the ground or the
02:25water situation out there?
02:27No.
02:28No.
02:29No.
02:30No.
02:30No.
02:31No.
02:33No.
02:34No.
02:35No.
02:36No.
02:37No.
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02:37No.
02:39No.
02:40No.
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