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The Wire · India · Modi closes a Seychelles visit with nine deals and a 'Made in India' patrol vessel
Flags the awkward details, typos on the newly created presidential honour, and India leaving the door open on the Assumption Island naval-base project that Seychellois opposition has long resisted, the strategic subtext beneath the ceremony.
“India left the door open on the contested Assumption Island project, the strategic subtext under a visit dressed in a new presidential honour.”