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Since taking office, the Myanmar Junta has boosted cooperation with China, raising worries. Since the late 1990s, Indian government officials have highlighted concerns over China's potential exploitation of access to the Great Coco Island.
A convoy carrying diplomats from the ASEAN countries was attacked by an unidentified group of assailants in Myanmar’s southern Shan State on Sunday, a military official said on Monday, reports AFP news agency. The convoy was travelling to eastern Taunggyi town when it came under the attack, a foreign diplomat based in Yangon told AFP on condition of anonymity. A senior military official also confirmed the attack to AFP, adding that the convoy was fired upon. "A convoy with some diplomats was attacked yesterday morning," the diplomat was quoted as saying.
Myanmar’s leader upgrades a strategic outpost in the Andaman Sea.
Great Coco lies 55km from India’s Andaman and Nicobar Islands; Beijing has denied it is involved in building a surveillance post there
With developments in Myanmar's remote Coco island located in the Bay of Bengal, India may soon face a new airbase close by in a country increasingly tied to Beijing, said a report, which analysed satellite images released by Maxar ...