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Myanmar has deployed three regular army battalions within five miles of its border with Bangladesh.
Burmese newspaper Eleven Myanmar citing sources said the measures had been taken to beef up security due to political instability.
Quoting Rakhine State Chief Minister it reported that two police battalions would also be sent later to seal the border.
However, authorities in Bangladesh are not worried about Myanmars move.
Bangladesh Border Guards (BGB) Director General Major General Aziz Ahmed told bdnews24.com Myanmar has not done this with any hostile intentions -- rather internal security considerations explained the move.
We have nothing to be worried, he said, adding that Myanmar has made similar deployments even before.
Myanmar police guard its border with Bangladesh in the trouble hit Rakhine state after authorities disbanded its border force Nasaka.
Ethnic violence is frequent in this state.
The BGB Chief said they beef up security deploying military or other forces on many occasions to assist police.
Source : http:// m.bdnews24.com/details.php?linkhere=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2013/09/21/3-myanmar-army-battalions-move-to-border&strurlpart1=http://bdnews24.com/?widgetName=rssfeed&strurlpart2=widgetId=1150&strurlpart3=getXmlFeed=true
Burmese newspaper Eleven Myanmar citing sources said the measures had been taken to beef up security due to political instability.
Quoting Rakhine State Chief Minister it reported that two police battalions would also be sent later to seal the border.
However, authorities in Bangladesh are not worried about Myanmars move.
Bangladesh Border Guards (BGB) Director General Major General Aziz Ahmed told bdnews24.com Myanmar has not done this with any hostile intentions -- rather internal security considerations explained the move.
We have nothing to be worried, he said, adding that Myanmar has made similar deployments even before.
Myanmar police guard its border with Bangladesh in the trouble hit Rakhine state after authorities disbanded its border force Nasaka.
Ethnic violence is frequent in this state.
The BGB Chief said they beef up security deploying military or other forces on many occasions to assist police.
Source : http:// m.bdnews24.com/details.php?linkhere=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2013/09/21/3-myanmar-army-battalions-move-to-border&strurlpart1=http://bdnews24.com/?widgetName=rssfeed&strurlpart2=widgetId=1150&strurlpart3=getXmlFeed=true