Defence Minister Rajnath Singh’s visit to Sri Lanka after a 38-year gap signals that India sees Sri Lanka as an important stakeholder in the Indian Ocean region.
The only high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) India will be able to rely upon is HALEU it has built, or has deliberately preserved the capacity to build.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Indonesia further strengthens bilateral defence cooperation, with positive implications for overall stability in the Indo-Pacific.