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VAIRENGTE, MIZORAM: Chief of Myanmar Army and deputy commander-in-chief, defence services of Myanmar, Vice-Senior General Soe Win on Sunday concluded his six-day visit to India with a visit to the Counter Insurgency and Jungle Warfare School at Vairengte in Mizoram before leaving for his country. The general was accompanied by his wife Daw Than Than New.
He made a brief stopover at the Indian Army's Leimakhong garrison near Imphal before travelling to Vairengte. During his visit to the Army's warfare school, Win witnessed training activities, demonstrations and also held discussions on issues like training and enhancement of military ties between the armies of the two countries.
Sources said that army contingents and military officers from Myanmar have been regularly undergoing training at the CIJW School. The Myanmar Army chief's visit assumes special significance in view of the enhanced defence cooperation and growing relationship between the two countries, it said.
On December 10, starting his six-day visit to India, the general had visited the Eastern Command headquarters at Fort William in Kolkata and met army officers there. The next day, Win had called on President Pranab Mukherjee at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi. The Myanmar general's visit to India comes after Indian Army Chief General Bikram Singh's five-day visit to the neighbouring country last October.
Sources said bilateral relations between Myanmar and India have improved considerably since 1993, overcoming tensions related to drug trafficking, suppression of democracy and the rule of the military junta in the neighbouring country. The India-Myanmar border stretches over 1,600km and the NE states of Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh share the international border with Myanmar.
Myanmar army chief visits northeast - The Times of India
He made a brief stopover at the Indian Army's Leimakhong garrison near Imphal before travelling to Vairengte. During his visit to the Army's warfare school, Win witnessed training activities, demonstrations and also held discussions on issues like training and enhancement of military ties between the armies of the two countries.
Sources said that army contingents and military officers from Myanmar have been regularly undergoing training at the CIJW School. The Myanmar Army chief's visit assumes special significance in view of the enhanced defence cooperation and growing relationship between the two countries, it said.
On December 10, starting his six-day visit to India, the general had visited the Eastern Command headquarters at Fort William in Kolkata and met army officers there. The next day, Win had called on President Pranab Mukherjee at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi. The Myanmar general's visit to India comes after Indian Army Chief General Bikram Singh's five-day visit to the neighbouring country last October.
Sources said bilateral relations between Myanmar and India have improved considerably since 1993, overcoming tensions related to drug trafficking, suppression of democracy and the rule of the military junta in the neighbouring country. The India-Myanmar border stretches over 1,600km and the NE states of Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh share the international border with Myanmar.
Myanmar army chief visits northeast - The Times of India
