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agala is a tiny Island in macias's outer
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Islands spread over the Western Indian
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Ocean India has an interesting agreement
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islands while maius rules the island an
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agreement made in 2009 allows India to
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establish a presence in the
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north India has developed some major
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military installations there including
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an Airfield and Radars for air
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navigation the purpose behind these
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sites is to provide the Indian military
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with on the shipping lanes that span the
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Indian Ocean their people can monitor
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Maritime traffic and waterways and even
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assist India's military activities and
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deployments in that region from agala to
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make it all work India has military and
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Air Force personnel stationed
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continuously on the island to administer
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and maintain the infrastructure as per
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morius it is viewed as India's response
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to China's expanding military clout in
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the Indian Ocean with China developing
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ports and Maritime infrastructure in Sri
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Lanka and Pakistan for maius allowing
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India to use agala strengthens their
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defense and security Alliance Marisha
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prime minister PR jagn says that agala
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is not a military facility but the
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international press notably in India
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persists and confirms according to
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reports installations May Aid India in
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its war with China who's telling the
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truth on March 1st maius prime minister
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and his Indian counterpart virtually
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opened a new Airfield and St James doc
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on agala island during his inauguration
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speech prime minister provin JN nor
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clarified that there has never been a
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project to transform agala into a
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military base and that some individuals
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in maius and abroad engage in India
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bashing the newly opened facilities
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include a refurbished three colomet
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airport that can accommodate larger
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aircraft and a port that can dock large
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ships as a a result agala has been added
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to the list of Indian Ocean ports that
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provide vital access to India which some
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experts call a diamond necklace as
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opposed to Pearl Necklace ports that
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provide access to China India already
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has a naval air station North of
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anderman ins kassa and another near Port
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Blair ins utros which gives enough depth
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for the military to watch the eastern
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closely with morous Marine reinforcement
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through agala India can expect
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appropriate assistance from this natural
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partner to monitor major Oceanic RADS in
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the Western Indian Ocean including the
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Mozambique Channel during a news
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briefing on Friday prepman jug nor
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reiterated that the infrastructure built
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and financed by India belongs to the
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maian government he also stated that
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there will be no commercial flights to
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agala for the foreseeable future before
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mentioning mauritius's exclusive
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economic zone ezed of 2.3 million square
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he explained that the country lacks the
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necessary Equipment Technology and
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people resources to oversee it
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effectively according to the Prime
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Minister maius needs Aid we have
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agreements with several countries and
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especially India to help us monitor our
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territory as stated by proven jug nor in
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Parliament last October India will also
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be responsible for the maintenance and
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installations furthermore it assigns
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professional experts to assist in their
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management with pay paid for by India in
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the past the head of government has
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stated in Parliament that agala can host
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Indian military aircraft and ships but
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only with the authorization of the prime
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office as is the case for maius and
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rodrig any request for the use of our
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port and Airport facilities by a foreign
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civil or military ship or aircraft will
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be examined and decided by the
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government the same principle will apply
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to any request for angala as soon as the
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facilities are operational he had stated
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the Indian government will shortly open
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a new naval base in the lakshadweep
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Islands located Southwest of the country
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Maldives the move to improve
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intelligence capabilities in the Indian
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Ocean comes as the Maldives new
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president ejected Indian military
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personnel stationed there ens jayu will
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be India's second Naval Outpost in the
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lakshadweep archipelago 250 km from the
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Maldives bolstering efforts to combat
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drug trafficking and piracy previously
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almost 100 Indian soldiers stationed in
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the Maldives worked alongside the
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Maldives military on these missions
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however the Maldives new president has
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ordered these Indian forces to leave
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within a few days this Outpost would
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also Aid in better monitoring the
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movement of Chinese ships and submarines
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in this strategically important section
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of the Indian Ocean ins Jou is located
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between the malaka and Suz Straits
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across which all vessels go between Asia
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the gulf and Europe with so much traffic
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it is impossible to detect the stealthy
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Chinese submarines so India must improve
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its military listening capabilities in
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both the laad weat and the Andaman
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archipelago further east where the
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Indian Navy is establishing a naval
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nicobar now do you think agala is an
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