Return-Path: <sentto-279987-5384-1040829337-fc=all.net@returns.groups.yahoo.com> Delivered-To: fc@all.net Received: from 204.181.12.215 [204.181.12.215] by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-5.7.4) for fc@localhost (single-drop); Wed, 25 Dec 2002 07:20:24 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 31414 invoked by uid 511); 25 Dec 2002 15:16:28 -0000 Received: from n30.grp.scd.yahoo.com (66.218.66.87) by all.net with SMTP; 25 Dec 2002 15:16:28 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-5384-1040829337-fc=all.net@returns.groups.yahoo.com Received: from [66.218.66.96] by n30.grp.scd.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 25 Dec 2002 15:15:37 -0000 X-Sender: r_v_p@yahoo.com X-Apparently-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_2_3_0); 25 Dec 2002 15:15:37 -0000 Received: (qmail 69897 invoked from network); 25 Dec 2002 15:15:36 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.217) by m13.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 25 Dec 2002 15:15:36 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO web20707.mail.yahoo.com) (216.136.226.180) by mta2.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 25 Dec 2002 15:15:36 -0000 Message-ID: <20021225151536.64512.qmail@web20707.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [61.11.33.97] by web20707.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Wed, 25 Dec 2002 07:15:36 PST To: china-india@yahoogroups.com, china-strategy@yahoogroups.com, 4gw@yahoogroups.com, iwar@yahoogroups.com From: Ravi V Prasad <r_v_p@yahoo.com> X-Yahoo-Profile: r_v_p Mailing-List: list iwar@yahoogroups.com; contact iwar-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list iwar@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:iwar-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com> Date: Wed, 25 Dec 2002 07:15:36 -0800 (PST) Subject: [iwar] China helps Myanmar bolster Coco Island facilities Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Just what I have been writing about for the last couple of years in various fora, warning about the threat to India from Coco Island Ravi V Prasad ================= Press Trust of India story China helps Myanmar bolster Coco Island facilities In a development likely to cause concern to New Delhi, Myanmar is expanding, with Chinese support, its naval facilities in Great Coco Island. According to a report in the latest issue of the Jane's Defence Weekly, the project was launched on November 4, 2002. It involves the construction of a jetty measuring 85m by 70m at a cost of 70 million kiyat (11 million dollars) for completion by next yearend. There is currently just a small pier to serve ships calling on the island. Those present at the unpublicised ceremony included Myanmar's Transport Minister Major General Myint Swe and a number of unidentified Chinese officials. According to the weekly, Beijing is to provide "funding and technical assistance" for the construction project, but it is unclear whether that involves a grant or a loan on favourable terms. China built an intelligence facility on Great Coco Island in the early 1990s. It has yet to be conclusively shown whether this is controlled by Beijing or Yangon, or shared by both. Preparatory work in anticipation of the arrival of construction material has already started, it said, but there are no indications that new buildings are planned. The Andaman and Nicobar chain extends to the top of the strategically important Malacca Strait and is the farthest eastern point of the Indian territory. New Delhi last year established its first joint services command, the Joint Andaman and Nicobar Strategic Defence Command, in the Union territory capital of Port Blair. Press Trust of India story __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Get 128 Bit SSL Encryption! http://us.click.yahoo.com/CBxunD/vN2EAA/xGHJAA/kgFolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ------------------ http://all.net/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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