Key Points
The island is of importance as China looks to expand its footprint in the Indian Ocean Region and for thousands of Indian fishermen...
The small uninhabited islet of Katchatheevu was ceded to Sri Lanka as part of bilateral agreements in the 1970s under the prime ministership of Indira Gandhi, which hit the Indian fishermen of the area hard...
After Indian independence, Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru gave no importance to the island and thought that the issue would lead to an unnecessary dispute with friendly Sri Lanka, according to the External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar...
While the Indo-Sri Lankan Maritime Boundary Agreement of 1974' gave away the island to Sri Lanka, Indian fishermen were still allowed to access Katchatheevu...
"The Indian Ministry of Defense must strengthen INS Parundu naval air base at Uchipuli and Thanjavur Air Force (Tamil Nadu) to thwart the growing Chinese presence near the Sri Lankan island of Katchatheevu and Northern Province of Sri Lanka," said a 2020 paper 'China's Rising Missile and Naval Capabilities in the Indo-Pacific Region' in the Journal of Indo-Pacific Affairs of the American Air and Space Forces...
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