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Friday, June 1, 2018

Power rivalry in the Indian Ocean



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By Neville Ladduwahetty-June 1, 2018, 10:19 pm

A report in The Island of May 29, 2018 states: "Japanese government plans to invest in port development in three Indian Ocean nations – Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh – as part of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ‘free and open Indo-Pacific strategy’ informs the Jakarta Post. The three sites that are under consideration for port development are Dawei in southeast Myanmar, Trincomalee in northern Sri Lanka and Matarbari in southeast Bangladesh.