WORLD NEWS | India closely monitors its security developments, MEA says over Myanmar’s militarization of Cocoa Islands

New Delhi [India]Chinanews.com, April 6th. Indian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Arindam Bhaji responded to the militarization of the Cocoa Islands in Myanmar, saying that India is always concerned about the development of Indian security. India takes all necessary measures to preserve this.

In an interview with the media on Thursday, Alindam Bachi firmly stated that India is always paying attention to all developments, which are related to national security.

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The MEA spokesman was asked about the Myanmar archipelago in the Bay of Bengal, which has long been the subject of geopolitical intrigue. Myanmar has allegedly allowed China to establish a signals intelligence facility in the Cocos Islands since the early 1990s.

According to recent reports, satellite photos of the Cocoa Islands have raised concerns in India about increased activity.

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With the development of Cocoa Island, India may soon build a new air base near a country with growing ties to Beijing.

The Myanmar military’s militarization of the Cocos Islands, combined with China’s broader development inland, could pose a major security challenge for India and its navy. According to a Chatham House analysis, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands provide India’s eastern fleet with strategic depth in the Bay of Bengal and command access to the Strait of Malacca.

While addressing the issue, without naming anyone, Arindam Bachi said: “India has been following all developments concerning India’s security and taking all necessary steps to safeguard them.”

Beijing has invested heavily in Myanmar to gain access to Indian Ocean sea lanes.

Myanmar’s civil war for the past two years has left it internationally isolated, with the military junta known as the Tatmadaw increasingly vulnerable. Beijing has invested heavily in the country through the China-Myanmar Economic Corridor to gain access to the Indian Ocean sea lanes as a way of bypassing the Strait of Malacca, an important sea lane to China’s east coast, and as reported directly by Chatham House, Energy is imported by land to Yunnan Province, China. (Arnie)

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