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Does that mean the answer is no?
B'desh steps up troops deployment on Myanmar border amid row
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Does that mean the answer is no?
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The answer is NO.
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care to explain why we need Bangladesh?? No thanks..we have enough problems to deal with..I don't think the govt will want another one..Lets keep it real mate.. I think we may help you because your current Govt is having a good relation with us...
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Army chief visits border
Army Chief Lt Gen Abdul Mubin yesterday visited the tension-gripped Alikadam area of the district, which is close to Myanmar border, to see the latest border situation.
The army chief made the surprise visit at about 3:00pm and talked to the army officers there.
Meanwhile, a frigate of Bangladesh Navy BNS Abu Bakar is now patrolling the sea near the disputed area where Myanmar had tried to rig last November for exploration purposes, said a navy officer stationed in Chittagong.
“A warship is accompanying the frigate,” he said wishing anonymity. The situation on the Bangladesh-Myanmar border has remained tense, he added.
Bangladesh has strengthened military build-up on its border as Myanmar deployed huge troops on their side and resorted to various provocative acts, fomenting the tension.
The Myanmar junta has brought in heavy tanks, artillery guns, warships and a frigate along and near its border with Bangladesh while army and BDR men remained alert on the border.
Army Chief Lt Gen Abdul Mubin yesterday visited the tension-gripped Alikadam area of the district, which is close to Myanmar border, to see the latest border situation.
The army chief made the surprise visit at about 3:00pm and talked to the army officers there.
Meanwhile, a frigate of Bangladesh Navy BNS Abu Bakar is now patrolling the sea near the disputed area where Myanmar had tried to rig last November for exploration purposes, said a navy officer stationed in Chittagong.
“A warship is accompanying the frigate,” he said wishing anonymity. The situation on the Bangladesh-Myanmar border has remained tense, he added.
Bangladesh has strengthened military build-up on its border as Myanmar deployed huge troops on their side and resorted to various provocative acts, fomenting the tension.
The Myanmar junta has brought in heavy tanks, artillery guns, warships and a frigate along and near its border with Bangladesh while army and BDR men remained alert on the border.
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True but they need to be train properly for Warfare. I think it should be mandatory for bd nations to get train in dicipline force for at least two years. This will make them preventive eliment against any outside agression othewise not worth it in mordern day warfare.
It's time for us to enforce this venture. Turkey already has such plan in place.
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What natural resources does BD have apart from frequent floods and population. Save your JUTE no one needs it. If India wanted your resources what was stopping India from removing its forces after capturing BD in 1971
India did took over BD in 1971 and left and i cannot belive that they will be willing to do it. BD should concentrate on their fishery and Jute.
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What will these reserves be fighting with? Chopsticks or tuna sandwich. BD has no chance if India wanted to capture BD it would have assimulated it in 1971.
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Burmese Army Builds Outposts Along Border BangladeshMaungdaw: The Burmese army has secretly constructed many temporary outposts with bunkers in the deep forest and mountain ranges along the border with Bangladesh, report local sources.
Burmese army officials have also been renovating all the previous major outposts that were located along the border with Bangladesh. Two strategic outposts – Latpanwa outpost in Paletwa Township of Chin State and Kha Maung Wa outpost in Buthidaung Township in Arakan – have also been included in the renovation.
Latpanwa outpost is located opposite Boro Moduck, a Bangladesh village on the upper Sungu River in the southern Chittagong Hill Tract.
The major outposts along the border are being re-constructed for defensive action, the source said.
According to a source close to the army, the construction of the outposts in the border area is being carried out under instruction from Ka Ka Kyi, the defensive service, in the new Burmese capital Naypyidaw.
Local villagers in the border area confirmed the renovation of the army outposts as well as the construction of new temporary outposts along the border, and villagers say army officials have used local people as forced labor on the projects.
Colonel Tin Win Myint, a newly appointed army commander from Military Operation Planning Bureau No. 1 based in Paletwa, recently visited the construction sites for the outposts, said an army source.
The construction of the defensive outposts has come about after many army battalions were deployed to the border to aid in construction of a barbed wire border fence.
According to a local military source, at least nine Burmese battalions have been deployed by the junta to the western Burmese border and most of the soldiers are staying within five kilometers of the border demarcation line.
Burmese Army Builds Outposts Along Border Bangladesh democracy for burma
Burmese army officials have also been renovating all the previous major outposts that were located along the border with Bangladesh. Two strategic outposts – Latpanwa outpost in Paletwa Township of Chin State and Kha Maung Wa outpost in Buthidaung Township in Arakan – have also been included in the renovation.
Latpanwa outpost is located opposite Boro Moduck, a Bangladesh village on the upper Sungu River in the southern Chittagong Hill Tract.
The major outposts along the border are being re-constructed for defensive action, the source said.
According to a source close to the army, the construction of the outposts in the border area is being carried out under instruction from Ka Ka Kyi, the defensive service, in the new Burmese capital Naypyidaw.
Local villagers in the border area confirmed the renovation of the army outposts as well as the construction of new temporary outposts along the border, and villagers say army officials have used local people as forced labor on the projects.
Colonel Tin Win Myint, a newly appointed army commander from Military Operation Planning Bureau No. 1 based in Paletwa, recently visited the construction sites for the outposts, said an army source.
The construction of the defensive outposts has come about after many army battalions were deployed to the border to aid in construction of a barbed wire border fence.
According to a local military source, at least nine Burmese battalions have been deployed by the junta to the western Burmese border and most of the soldiers are staying within five kilometers of the border demarcation line.
Burmese Army Builds Outposts Along Border Bangladesh democracy for burma
the biggest trade partners of the burmese junta are thailand, china, singapore and india. pakistan and russia are old friends of burma.
bangladesh better look elsewhere for help if war breaks out. this is what happens if you ditch your muslim brothers and go with india on every single thing.
bangladesh better look elsewhere for help if war breaks out. this is what happens if you ditch your muslim brothers and go with india on every single thing.
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Myanmar brings in everything
Troops, tanks, warships, frigate to spread tension further; Dhaka terms it routine exercise
Monday October 12 2009 01:31:47 AM BDT
The Myanmar military brought in heavy tanks, artillery guns, 12 warships and a frigate along its border with Bangladesh in the last 24 hours ended yesterday evening as part of its preparation for a large-scale conflict with Bangladesh, sources at the Bangladesh Armed Forces said.(The Daily Star)
Bangladesh also has strengthened its military build-up in a bid to repulse a Myanmarese incursion by preparing 30 warships in Chittagong and Khulna, a Navy official stationed at Chittagong told The Daily Star.
However, Foreign Minister Dipu Moni at a press conference yesterday rejected reports about the heavy military build-up by Myanmar along Bangladesh border, saying it is a routine movement of the security personnel.
"I had talks with our ambassador, an army officer, in Myanmar and he told me that it is a routine practice," she said, adding, Foreign Secretary Mijarul Quayes also called the Myanmar ambassador in Dhaka and the envoy conveyed him the same message.
Ground reality did not support the foreign minister's claim as various sources in the military, Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) and intelligence agencies said that the situation on the border remained tense.
"The situation at Bangladesh-Myanmar border has remained tense," Major General Mainul Islam, director general (DG) of BDR, said last night.
The BDR DG met State Minister for Home Affairs Shamsul Haq Tuku yesterday and 'normally' discussed the border situation.
"I am going to place some proposals tomorrow (Monday) to include construction of more Border Operations Outposts across the border and a few more battalions to strengthen the border guards," he told The Daily Star.
An intelligence agency official said Myanmar has doubled its military presence at the border over the last couple of weeks, a move that has prompted Bangladesh to take similar measures.
"Myanmar has sent in 37/57mm artillery guns that will bring Chittagong under their firing range," the Navy officer told The Daily Star after the foreign minister claimed normalcy at the border.
Based on the information so far gathered, we suspect that Myanmar is making preparation for a short-scale naval conflict, he said.
"Suspicious military preparations have been going on at the Myanmarese side of the border over the last two months," an intelligence official said, adding that the Myanmar army has newly deployed two battle units at their side.
Earlier Myanmar had deployed nine Light Infantry Battalions in its border with Bangladesh. As part of their repeated provocative acts, the junta has violated international border rules and constructed illegal barbed wire fences along the frontier.
"We in the Bangladesh Navy suspect that Myanmar wants to intrude into our sea and declare a large chunk of area as their Maritime Exclusive Zone," the Navy official said.
The Myanmar junta can intrude into the Bangladeshi waters any time to claim ten nautical miles area, which covers the disputed block, which is thought to be a big source of oil and natural gas, he said.
Sources said after Bangladesh's maritime boundary talks with Myanmar ended inconclusively in April, Bangladesh Navy made a deployment plan last September and sent it to the government for immediate action.
The deployment plan urged the government to strengthen maritime patrol at the Bay of Bengal and arrange joint naval exercises with friendly countries.
Meanwhile, sources in Sittwe (formerly known as Akiab) said that Myanmarese Air Force Tatmadaw has stationed three fighter planes at the Sittwe airfield. Sittwe is only 80km away from Chittagong airport.
Twelve warships are constantly patrolling the Bay area, which borders Bangladesh, the sources added.
According to Bangladesh Navy sources, a new Myanmar navy frigate, built with the Chinese help at Yangon, has arrived at the Bay of Bengal.
"There have also been new tanks and armoured columns are pouring in using the 40km road that they have recently built," said another Navy officer.
He said Bangladesh has kept around 30 warships standby in Chittagong and Khulna to repulse any Myanmarese incursion. The Myanmarese army personnel are regularly infiltrating into Bangladesh territory in the guise of civilians to gather information.
Briefing newsmen, Foreign Minister Dipu Moni also said she had no information about whether Myanmar's border guards were trying to push Rohingya refugees across the border.
In reply to a question, the foreign minister said Myanmar is not violating international laws by erecting barbed wire fences along Bangladesh border as well. "Myanmar is constructing fences in their territory conforming to international laws," she said.
Dipu Moni also said the movement of the Myanmar security forces has no link with Bangladesh's decision to seek UN arbitration to determine maritime boundary between the two neighbouring countries.
Asked whether Bangladesh asked China to mediate to resolve the crisis, she replied that she had no idea about any official proposal in this regard.
Meanwhile, no new leave for the navy men are now being granted, as all leaves in the Bangladesh Navy have been restricted, sources at the navy said.
http://newsfrombangladesh.net/view.php?hidRecord=288797
Troops, tanks, warships, frigate to spread tension further; Dhaka terms it routine exercise
Monday October 12 2009 01:31:47 AM BDT
The Myanmar military brought in heavy tanks, artillery guns, 12 warships and a frigate along its border with Bangladesh in the last 24 hours ended yesterday evening as part of its preparation for a large-scale conflict with Bangladesh, sources at the Bangladesh Armed Forces said.(The Daily Star)
Bangladesh also has strengthened its military build-up in a bid to repulse a Myanmarese incursion by preparing 30 warships in Chittagong and Khulna, a Navy official stationed at Chittagong told The Daily Star.
However, Foreign Minister Dipu Moni at a press conference yesterday rejected reports about the heavy military build-up by Myanmar along Bangladesh border, saying it is a routine movement of the security personnel.
"I had talks with our ambassador, an army officer, in Myanmar and he told me that it is a routine practice," she said, adding, Foreign Secretary Mijarul Quayes also called the Myanmar ambassador in Dhaka and the envoy conveyed him the same message.
Ground reality did not support the foreign minister's claim as various sources in the military, Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) and intelligence agencies said that the situation on the border remained tense.
"The situation at Bangladesh-Myanmar border has remained tense," Major General Mainul Islam, director general (DG) of BDR, said last night.
The BDR DG met State Minister for Home Affairs Shamsul Haq Tuku yesterday and 'normally' discussed the border situation.
"I am going to place some proposals tomorrow (Monday) to include construction of more Border Operations Outposts across the border and a few more battalions to strengthen the border guards," he told The Daily Star.
An intelligence agency official said Myanmar has doubled its military presence at the border over the last couple of weeks, a move that has prompted Bangladesh to take similar measures.
"Myanmar has sent in 37/57mm artillery guns that will bring Chittagong under their firing range," the Navy officer told The Daily Star after the foreign minister claimed normalcy at the border.
Based on the information so far gathered, we suspect that Myanmar is making preparation for a short-scale naval conflict, he said.
"Suspicious military preparations have been going on at the Myanmarese side of the border over the last two months," an intelligence official said, adding that the Myanmar army has newly deployed two battle units at their side.
Earlier Myanmar had deployed nine Light Infantry Battalions in its border with Bangladesh. As part of their repeated provocative acts, the junta has violated international border rules and constructed illegal barbed wire fences along the frontier.
"We in the Bangladesh Navy suspect that Myanmar wants to intrude into our sea and declare a large chunk of area as their Maritime Exclusive Zone," the Navy official said.
The Myanmar junta can intrude into the Bangladeshi waters any time to claim ten nautical miles area, which covers the disputed block, which is thought to be a big source of oil and natural gas, he said.
Sources said after Bangladesh's maritime boundary talks with Myanmar ended inconclusively in April, Bangladesh Navy made a deployment plan last September and sent it to the government for immediate action.
The deployment plan urged the government to strengthen maritime patrol at the Bay of Bengal and arrange joint naval exercises with friendly countries.
Meanwhile, sources in Sittwe (formerly known as Akiab) said that Myanmarese Air Force Tatmadaw has stationed three fighter planes at the Sittwe airfield. Sittwe is only 80km away from Chittagong airport.
Twelve warships are constantly patrolling the Bay area, which borders Bangladesh, the sources added.
According to Bangladesh Navy sources, a new Myanmar navy frigate, built with the Chinese help at Yangon, has arrived at the Bay of Bengal.
"There have also been new tanks and armoured columns are pouring in using the 40km road that they have recently built," said another Navy officer.
He said Bangladesh has kept around 30 warships standby in Chittagong and Khulna to repulse any Myanmarese incursion. The Myanmarese army personnel are regularly infiltrating into Bangladesh territory in the guise of civilians to gather information.
Briefing newsmen, Foreign Minister Dipu Moni also said she had no information about whether Myanmar's border guards were trying to push Rohingya refugees across the border.
In reply to a question, the foreign minister said Myanmar is not violating international laws by erecting barbed wire fences along Bangladesh border as well. "Myanmar is constructing fences in their territory conforming to international laws," she said.
Dipu Moni also said the movement of the Myanmar security forces has no link with Bangladesh's decision to seek UN arbitration to determine maritime boundary between the two neighbouring countries.
Asked whether Bangladesh asked China to mediate to resolve the crisis, she replied that she had no idea about any official proposal in this regard.
Meanwhile, no new leave for the navy men are now being granted, as all leaves in the Bangladesh Navy have been restricted, sources at the navy said.
http://newsfrombangladesh.net/view.php?hidRecord=288797
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Burmese Army Builds Outposts Along Border
Maungdaw: The Burmese army has secretly constructed many temporary outposts with bunkers in the deep forest and mountain ranges along the border with Bangladesh, report local sources.
Burmese army officials have also been renovating all the previous major outposts that were located along the border with Bangladesh. Two strategic outposts - Latpanwa outpost in Paletwa Township of Chin State and Kha Maung Wa outpost in Buthidaung Township in Arakan - have also been included in the renovation.
Latpanwa outpost is located opposite Boro Moduck, a Bangladesh village on the upper Sungu River in the southern Chittagong Hill Tract.
The major outposts along the border are being re-constructed for defensive action, the source said.
According to a source close to the army, the construction of the outposts in the border area is being carried out under instruction from Ka Ka Kyi, the defensive service, in the new Burmese capital Naypyidaw.
Local villagers in the border area confirmed the renovation of the army outposts as well as the construction of new temporary outposts along the border, and villagers say army officials have used local people as forced labor on the projects.
Colonel Tin Win Myint, a newly appointed army commander from Military Operation Planning Bureau No. 1 based in Paletwa, recently visited the construction sites for the outposts, said an army source.
The construction of the defensive outposts has come about after many army battalions were deployed to the border to aid in construction of a barbed wire border fence.
According to a local military source, at least nine Burmese battalions have been deployed by the junta to the western Burmese border and most of the soldiers are staying within five kilometers of the border demarcation line.
Burmese Army Builds Outposts Along Border
Maungdaw: The Burmese army has secretly constructed many temporary outposts with bunkers in the deep forest and mountain ranges along the border with Bangladesh, report local sources.
Burmese army officials have also been renovating all the previous major outposts that were located along the border with Bangladesh. Two strategic outposts - Latpanwa outpost in Paletwa Township of Chin State and Kha Maung Wa outpost in Buthidaung Township in Arakan - have also been included in the renovation.
Latpanwa outpost is located opposite Boro Moduck, a Bangladesh village on the upper Sungu River in the southern Chittagong Hill Tract.
The major outposts along the border are being re-constructed for defensive action, the source said.
According to a source close to the army, the construction of the outposts in the border area is being carried out under instruction from Ka Ka Kyi, the defensive service, in the new Burmese capital Naypyidaw.
Local villagers in the border area confirmed the renovation of the army outposts as well as the construction of new temporary outposts along the border, and villagers say army officials have used local people as forced labor on the projects.
Colonel Tin Win Myint, a newly appointed army commander from Military Operation Planning Bureau No. 1 based in Paletwa, recently visited the construction sites for the outposts, said an army source.
The construction of the defensive outposts has come about after many army battalions were deployed to the border to aid in construction of a barbed wire border fence.
According to a local military source, at least nine Burmese battalions have been deployed by the junta to the western Burmese border and most of the soldiers are staying within five kilometers of the border demarcation line.
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Indias Army Chief visits Burma
India’s Army Chief visits Burma
The chief of India’s army, General Deepak Kapoor, kicked off a three-day visit to Burma on Sunday to meet with Burmese generals to enhance military-to-military cooperation.
“We have always had close ties with them [Burma], including in counter-insurgency training,” an Indian army officer told Press Trust of India (PTI) on Sunday.
The PTI reported that the Indian generals’ visit to Burma “comes at a time when China has unveiled plans to construct a railway line up to its border” with military-ruled Burma.
Commenting on Beijing’s influence in the region, Deepak Kapoor, in a TV interview on Oct. 6, said, “The Indian army is capable of looking after and ensuring the defense of the country. It would take care of any aggression against Indian territory.”
“The charter of the Indian army is to defend India’s territory and that will be ensured at all costs. Any talks of a repeat of 1962, I think that it is totally incorrect and uncalled for and it’s not fair,” he said, referring to the Sino-India border conflict in 1962 when the Chinese People’s Liberation Army advanced into India’s territory.
Recently, India media have accused the Chinese military of transgressions in 2008 and 2009.
“As far the transgressions are concerned, in the year 2009 so far, they are almost exactly at the same level as they were in the same corresponding period in 2008,” Deepak Kapoor said.
Burmese state-run media have not reported on the meeting with India’s military chief.
Following the crackdown on the 1988 democracy uprising in Burma, India was a strong supporter of the Burmese pro-democracy movement, and it is now home of tens of thousands of Burmese refugee.
India’s pro-democracy policy on Burma made a sudden turn when the world’s largest democracy launched its “Look East Policy” in the 1990s to counter Chinese influence in Southeast Asia.
Since then, India has built a closer relationship with the Burmese junta, engaging in increased trade and providing it with military hardware, while toning down its pro-democracy stance.
“The Sino-Burmese gas pipeline and the Kumming-Singapore railway route through Burma are concerns for India. Apart from their Chinese concerns, the Indian insurgency in the northwest is another significant issue in the Indo-Burmese relationship,” said Tint Swe, an exiled Burmese politician in New Delhi.
The Burmese military cooperated more closely with its Indian counterparts in counter insurgency along the border after New Delhi toned down its pro-democracy policy on Burma. However, Indian insurgents are still based in Burmese jungles along the border and they frequently clash with the Indian army using Chinese-made weapons.
The Jame’s Intelligence Review reported in 2008 that Indian insurgents bought Chinese weapons through the biggest non-state armed group in Burma, the United Wa State Army, based on the Sino-Burmese border.
Burma military experts say the junta wants a good relationship with India to balance its dependency on China. The Burmese military has imported arms from India and also sent military officers to attend India’s military academies.
The junta’s No.2, Vice Snr-Gen Maung Aye, is the key player in improving the Indo-Burma relationship. His last visit to India was in early April 2008. During the trip, India signed mult-million dollar agreements for the construction of a seaport and transportation system in Burma.
According to India’s media, former Indian Army chief Gen. J. J. Singh and Navy chief Admiral Arun Prakash visited Burma in November 2005 and January 2006.
Meanwhile, US President Barrack Obama’s new Burma policy calls for more pro-active cooperation from Burma’s neighbors, such as India and China, in promoting democracy in the military-ruled state.
Irrawaddy correspondent Zarni Mann contributed to this story from New Delhi.
India’s Army Chief visits Burma
The chief of India’s army, General Deepak Kapoor, kicked off a three-day visit to Burma on Sunday to meet with Burmese generals to enhance military-to-military cooperation.
“We have always had close ties with them [Burma], including in counter-insurgency training,” an Indian army officer told Press Trust of India (PTI) on Sunday.
The PTI reported that the Indian generals’ visit to Burma “comes at a time when China has unveiled plans to construct a railway line up to its border” with military-ruled Burma.
Commenting on Beijing’s influence in the region, Deepak Kapoor, in a TV interview on Oct. 6, said, “The Indian army is capable of looking after and ensuring the defense of the country. It would take care of any aggression against Indian territory.”
“The charter of the Indian army is to defend India’s territory and that will be ensured at all costs. Any talks of a repeat of 1962, I think that it is totally incorrect and uncalled for and it’s not fair,” he said, referring to the Sino-India border conflict in 1962 when the Chinese People’s Liberation Army advanced into India’s territory.
Recently, India media have accused the Chinese military of transgressions in 2008 and 2009.
“As far the transgressions are concerned, in the year 2009 so far, they are almost exactly at the same level as they were in the same corresponding period in 2008,” Deepak Kapoor said.
Burmese state-run media have not reported on the meeting with India’s military chief.
Following the crackdown on the 1988 democracy uprising in Burma, India was a strong supporter of the Burmese pro-democracy movement, and it is now home of tens of thousands of Burmese refugee.
India’s pro-democracy policy on Burma made a sudden turn when the world’s largest democracy launched its “Look East Policy” in the 1990s to counter Chinese influence in Southeast Asia.
Since then, India has built a closer relationship with the Burmese junta, engaging in increased trade and providing it with military hardware, while toning down its pro-democracy stance.
“The Sino-Burmese gas pipeline and the Kumming-Singapore railway route through Burma are concerns for India. Apart from their Chinese concerns, the Indian insurgency in the northwest is another significant issue in the Indo-Burmese relationship,” said Tint Swe, an exiled Burmese politician in New Delhi.
The Burmese military cooperated more closely with its Indian counterparts in counter insurgency along the border after New Delhi toned down its pro-democracy policy on Burma. However, Indian insurgents are still based in Burmese jungles along the border and they frequently clash with the Indian army using Chinese-made weapons.
The Jame’s Intelligence Review reported in 2008 that Indian insurgents bought Chinese weapons through the biggest non-state armed group in Burma, the United Wa State Army, based on the Sino-Burmese border.
Burma military experts say the junta wants a good relationship with India to balance its dependency on China. The Burmese military has imported arms from India and also sent military officers to attend India’s military academies.
The junta’s No.2, Vice Snr-Gen Maung Aye, is the key player in improving the Indo-Burma relationship. His last visit to India was in early April 2008. During the trip, India signed mult-million dollar agreements for the construction of a seaport and transportation system in Burma.
According to India’s media, former Indian Army chief Gen. J. J. Singh and Navy chief Admiral Arun Prakash visited Burma in November 2005 and January 2006.
Meanwhile, US President Barrack Obama’s new Burma policy calls for more pro-active cooperation from Burma’s neighbors, such as India and China, in promoting democracy in the military-ruled state.
Irrawaddy correspondent Zarni Mann contributed to this story from New Delhi.
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A Pakistani who writes like an Indian. What is this world coming to????
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Apart from natural resources there is the strategic requirement. With India under pressure in Arunachal Pradesh they will want any potentially hostile elements on their flanks neutralized. By nudging Burma India achieves several objectives at once.
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