Posted on December 20th, 2020
At present, albeit in a different context, there is another westward strategy from the Eastern Pacific theatre. It is that of the US Pacific Command in Hawaii along with Japan, Australia and other like-minded allies.Sri Lankan navy at Sri Lanka’s 72nd Independence Day 4 February 2020, Colombo. Photo: Ishara S. Kofikara AFP via Getty
Sri Lanka was never at war with Japan during World War II. Japan was at war with the allied forces and Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) happened to be a base operation for the British Eastern Command. Four months after the Pearl Harbour surprise attack by the Japanese in the Pacific theatre which altered US Foreign Policy, another similar attack took place in the Indian Ocean. On Easter Sunday morning of 5 April 1942, Sri Lanka came under attack. The geostrategic locations of Hawaii and Sri Lanka were identified and rightly assessed by the Japanese-German strategic officers such as Vice Admiral Nomu
Sri Lanka was never at war with Japan during World War II. Japan was at war with the allied forces and Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) happened to be a base operation for the British Eastern Command. Four months after the Pearl Harbour surprise attack by the Japanese in the Pacific theatre which altered US Foreign Policy, another similar attack took place in the Indian Ocean. On Easter Sunday morning of 5 April 1942, Sri Lanka came under attack. The geostrategic locations of Hawaii and Sri Lanka were identified and rightly assessed by the Japanese-German strategic officers such as Vice Admiral Nomura and Admiral Kurt Fricke, Chief of Staff of the German Maritime Warfare Command (Seekriegsleitung) as the perfect launchpad to springboard their sphere of influences.
MHA notifies rules for Indian courts to serve summons to accused in Maldives
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December 11, 2020 21:51 IST
The two nations first signed the Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty for criminal matters in September 2019.
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The two nations first signed the Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty for criminal matters in September 2019.
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Friday notified rules for the Indian courts to serve summons to accused persons in the Maldives, as per an agreement signed between the two countries.
The Ministry on Friday notified rules prescribing the format under which Indian courts could send summons or search warrants to any accused in the Maldives wanted by the Indian police or any Central investigating agency here.