By IRNA,
New Delhi : While opposing the next round of the Indo-US joint military exercises at Indian port, Malabar, which is to be held in October, 2008, the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI-M) has asked the Manmohan Singh government not to allow the nuclear-equipped USS Ronald Reagan of the United States into Indian territorial waters.
“The Manmohan Singh government should not allow any nuclear- equipped US ships into our ports or territorial waters. Earlier, the Congress-led government had allowed the USS Nimitz, which is also a nuclear weapon ship, to dock at Chennai,” said a statement issued by CPM Politburo in New Delhi.
Such military exercises are part of the growing military collaboration with the US which is resorting to aggressive military operations in Afghanistan, Iraq and now targeting Iran.
Since it signed the Defense Framework Agreement with the United States, the Manmohan Singh government is working to integrate India’s armed forces with that of the United States, said the statement.
Adding that the CPI(M), along with the Left parties and other democratic forces, will organize big protests against the Malabar exercises when it is held in October.