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Myanmars Great Coco, which lies 55 km from Indias Andaman and Nicobar Islands, has been at the centre of intrigue. Rumour had it that the island was home to a Chinese intelligence facility, a claim lacking hard evidence. Now

New satellite images from March 2023 show evidence of land-clearing efforts on the southern part of Coco Island indicating more construction work

Myanmars Great Coco, which lies 55 km from Indias Andaman and Nicobar Islands, has been at the centre of intrigue. Rumour had it that the island was home to a Chinese intelligence facility, a claim lacking hard evidence. Now

Speculation is rife over supposedly China-constructed facilities on Myanmar’s Coco Island that could be put to Chinese military use “when required.”

The islands in the Bay of Bengal have long been of strategic importance to India, more so now giving rising geopolitical tensions. Read more at straitstimes.com.

India has accused China of providing Myanmar with enough resources to build massive military installations on a group of islands near a strategic Indian archipelago to act as espionage [...]

The report from London-based think-tank Chatham House shows new hangers, a causeway and accommodations near a 2,300-metre runway and radar station as well as land being cleared at the southern tip of Great Coco.  Experts say images suggest ‘a fairly significant build-up’

Myanmar doesn’t have the financial or technical capabilities to carry out the military modernisation seen on the Coco Islands, analysts say.

With tensions rising along Myanmar’s frontiers with China and India, regional security needs to be analyzed in terms of facts not misinformation.

The EU is under pressure from the US to take a tougher stance on China's strategic expansion in Southeast Asia. However, European leaders say they want to avoid being seen as an extension of Washington.