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India upgrades defence ties with S-E Asia amid shared concerns of rising China
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The missile corvette INS Kirpan which India gifted to Vietnam.
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NEW DELHI - India has gifted a warship to Vietnam, will send a defence attache to the Philippines, and is charting out a defence road map with Cambodia, in what strategic experts said are clear signs of the changing contours of its defence relationship with South-east Asia due to the rise of China.
As India seeks to expand its footprint, deepening ties with Asean have come into sharper focus.
