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New Delhi, Dec 6 (IANS) China held a meeting last week with 19 countries from the Indian Ocean region minus India, which brought lots of criticism and suspicion about Beijing's intentions in the region. Many observers opined that any meeting on Indian Ocean region excluding India would be both illogical and inconsequential and reveal Beijing's strategic designs. India is a country with a 7,516.6 Km of coastal area and exclusive economic zone spreading deep in to the Indian Ocean. The region serves as immediate backyard for it from the angle of security as well. However, India was not invited. Two other…