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　原文：

 The Indian Navy has said it is bolstering forces on "strategically important" islands close to the Maldives, with a new base set to open just days before Male starts sending home Indian forces.

 Relations between India and the Maldives have soured since pro-China Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu won elections last year after promising to expel Indian forces.

 India is suspicious of China's growing presence in the archipelago nation, which straddles key-west international shipping routes, and the new base would extend New Delhi's "operational surveillance" of the area, the navy said in a statement.

 Muizzu has asked India to withdraw 89 security personnel based in the Maldives to operate reconnaissance aircraft, with the first batch due to leave by Sunday and all to depart within two months.

 The new base on India's Lakshadweep islands, would turn an existing small detachment into an "independent navy unit," the navy said.India's Lakshadweep islands lies about 130km north of the Maldives, with the new naval base on the island of Minicoy situated at their closest point.

中譯：

 在馬爾地夫要求印度撤離當地駐軍前，印度海軍曾表示，正在鄰近馬爾地夫的一個具「重要戰略地位」島嶼增加兵力，並建立一座新的海軍基地。

 自從承諾當選後將驅逐印度駐軍的馬爾地夫親「中」總統候選人穆伊祖贏得大選後，兩國關係已漸形惡化。

 印度海軍在聲明中表示，中共在此跨越東西國際重要航線的馬爾地夫群島國家漸增的軍力，讓印度有所疑慮，因此新成立的海軍基地將擴大對該地區「作戰監視行動」的範圍。

 穆伊祖要求印度撤離在該國負責操作和維護偵察機的89名安全人員，其中第一批人員限週日前離開，其餘人員則限2個月內全部撤離。

 印度海軍表示，在印度拉克沙群島新成立的海軍基地，將由現有的小型分遣隊轉型為「獨立海軍單位」。該群島距離馬爾地夫北方約130公里，新海軍基地則位於該群島南端、距離馬爾地夫最近的米尼柯伊島。

─關鍵軍語─

※growing presence：漸增的軍力

※operational surveillance：作戰監視

※reconnaissance aircraft：偵察機

※detachment：分遣隊