Sushma Swaraj brings good news from  Moscow - "Trilateral Russia-India-China consultation on Asia Pacific affairs in China by the end of this year"

So Logistcs Support Agreement (LSA) shall remain "in principle" for ever  

New Delhi . Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj returned home with a good news - RIC (Russia, India and China) is all set to evolve its own strategy to ensure peace and stability in Asia Pacific. The joint communique issued after trilateral meeting involving Swaraj, Lavrov and Wang says- 

"The Ministers reiterated their commitment to strengthening coordination and cooperation in a joint effort to maintain lasting peace and stability in the Asia Pacific region. The Ministers pledged to work together to seek common, comprehensive, cooperative, and sustainable security. They called for the development of an open, inclusive, indivisible and transparent security and cooperation architecture in the region on the basis of universally recognized principles of international law. In this regard, they confirmed their commitment towards continued discussion on regional security architecture in the Asia Pacific region under the framework of the East Asia Summit through the workshop on Regional Security Architecture and other appropriate channels and agreed to hold the first trilateral Russia-India-China consultation on Asia Pacific affairs in China by the end of this year."

This initiative would pour cold water on hot heads of western hegemons and "Pro- West: Anti- Modi" elite in India , who were shouting from the rooftops that draft of LSA would be ready in a month if not in weeks.

The RIC also adopted a sane approach to defuse situation in South China Sea . The communique says, 

"Russia, India and China are committed to maintaining a legal order for the seas and oceans based on the principles of international law, as reflected notably in the UN Convention on the Law of Sea (UNCLOS). All related disputes should be addressed through negotiations and agreements between the parties concerned. In this regard the Ministers called for full respect of all provisions of UNCLOS, as well as the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea (DOC) and the Guidelines for the implementation of the DOC."

Finally, The RIC is being further strengthened by inclusion of India in Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in coming days. The communique says,

"Russia, India and China attach special importance to their joint work within the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), regarding it as one of the key instruments in promoting multilateral political, security, economic and people-to-people interaction in the region....It was agreed to work towards signing the Memorandum on India’s Obligations for Obtaining the Status of SCO Member State by the Organization’s Summit in Tashkent in June 2016."

So, Sushma Swaraj again proved that she is a forceful and effective  trouble shooter for Prime minister Modi. Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar should learn a few lessons from her  on security and diplomatic issues and stop pushing   LSA which is nothing less than a Geo-Strategic suicide in the Pacific.