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Asia Times · Hong Kong · India builds an Indian Ocean fortress as China's grey-zone ships map the seabed
Covers Modi's June 27-29 state visit to Seychelles: handover of a patrol vessel, LAMITIYE exercise, and finalization of a basing agreement giving India logistical access to Assumption Island, the first formal Indian military-access arrangement outside the subcontinent. Reads it as a strategic counter to China's Djibouti model.
“Modi's Seychelles visit finalised India's first extra-regional military-access deal, an answer to China's Djibouti model in the western IOR.”