India to offer military assistance to IO nations

Attempt to counter Chinese influence in region.

PM Modi to offer military assistance to Indian Ocean nations to counter China

By: Reuters

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will offer island nations in the Indian Ocean a broad range of military and civilian assistance next week in a bid to wrest back some of the influence China has gained by spending billions of dollars in the region.

Modi will make the pledges during a visit to Sri Lanka, the Maldives, Mauritius and Seychelles after decades of neglect by successive Indian governments. His trip to Sri Lanka will be the first in 28 years by an Indian prime minister.

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Source: indianexpress.com