Indian Ocean: Not Quite India’s Ocean As China Competes For Influence

PM Narendra Modi seen alongside Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa during his visit to New Delhi in November last year (left); foreign minister S.Jaishankar seen alongside his Maldivian counterpart Abdulla Shahid during the latter’s visit to New Delhi in December last year. (Pic courtesy: mea.gov.in)