What has india got in return? Is the biggest question.
Imo agreement is for safe gaurding india against the agressive and reckless chinise military mindset.
Immediate benefits are less visible but long time benefits are more. Question araises y v are making enemies out of chinise..ans is we were never friend either.seeing chinise movement in scs do v still have to believe that they will not keep an eye on arunachal pradesh n sikkim.
If india n us come close v get added benefit in afganistan...which increases our strategic front vis a vis pakistan.
Apart from all this the agrement clearly states that if india wants they can deny using of their ports.
In other words this will keep status quo.
If china tries too much on scs japan australia viet and usa are there.if it tries too much in indian ocean then us n india are there.
Same way if india tries to be too agressive in indian ocean china n pakistan take care of that.
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