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26 Jan 2010 8ak: In a major boost to Indias efforts in fighting terror in the North-East, the Myanmar junta has agreed to fight terror jointly with India to flush out terrorists who are operating terror camps along the 1,650 km border. And in another historic move Myanmar's Home Minister Major General Maung Oo has reportedly announced that Suu Kyi, under house arrest since 1989 may finally be released in November. This will be after the 'democratic' elections.
The decision to work with India was taken on Thursday in the Myanmar capital Nay Pay Taw, during the three-day home secretary-level talks between the two nations. This development is significant, because India has for long suspected the Commander-in-Chief of ULFA, Paresh Baruah, to have taken a safe haven in Myanmar along with other high-profile leaders, who are wanted by the Indian government for their role in spreading terror in the North-Eastern region of India.
"Security forces of India and Myanmar will conduct coordinated operation in their respective territories in the next two-three months. The objective of the operation is that no militant can escape to the other side after facing heat in one side," a Home Ministry official told PTI on the condition of anonymity.
The joint terror fighting mechanism negotiated between India and Myanmar is on the similar lines as Bhutan, which launched Operation All Clear in 2003 and busted as many as 30 terror camps belonging to outlawed rebel groups United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA, the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) and the Kamatapur Liberation Organisation (KLO) that operated form its soil against India. The operation also resulted in 20 rebels being killed.
However, the security experts are not very enthusiastic about the proposed development. Top ministry sources informed 8ak that a similar plan was negotiated in 2002 during the eight national-level meeting between India and Myanmar, which resulted in tall commitments being made by the Junta, however, the militants continue to hide across the border and plan anti-India activities. The sources added that the two nations had also sought to increase naval cooperation in 2005, during the visit of then Myanmar's Naval Chief Soe Thein, but nothing substantial has ever been achieved.
New Delhi has been trying to contain the Chinese influence in Myanmar and has increased interaction with the Junta at all official levels. Indian has also extended phenomenal help in upgrading Myanmars Sittwe port. But the success of New Delhi in gaining a foot hold in Myanmar is being doubted by many experts. Especially, when the latter is being suspected to receive nuclear weapons technology from China and North Korea as observed by former R&AW official R.S.N. Singh at a seminar organised by policy think tank CLAWS in national capital New Delhi.
8ak - Indian Defence News: Myanmar to free Suu Kyi, help India flush out terrorists
The decision to work with India was taken on Thursday in the Myanmar capital Nay Pay Taw, during the three-day home secretary-level talks between the two nations. This development is significant, because India has for long suspected the Commander-in-Chief of ULFA, Paresh Baruah, to have taken a safe haven in Myanmar along with other high-profile leaders, who are wanted by the Indian government for their role in spreading terror in the North-Eastern region of India.
"Security forces of India and Myanmar will conduct coordinated operation in their respective territories in the next two-three months. The objective of the operation is that no militant can escape to the other side after facing heat in one side," a Home Ministry official told PTI on the condition of anonymity.
The joint terror fighting mechanism negotiated between India and Myanmar is on the similar lines as Bhutan, which launched Operation All Clear in 2003 and busted as many as 30 terror camps belonging to outlawed rebel groups United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA, the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) and the Kamatapur Liberation Organisation (KLO) that operated form its soil against India. The operation also resulted in 20 rebels being killed.
However, the security experts are not very enthusiastic about the proposed development. Top ministry sources informed 8ak that a similar plan was negotiated in 2002 during the eight national-level meeting between India and Myanmar, which resulted in tall commitments being made by the Junta, however, the militants continue to hide across the border and plan anti-India activities. The sources added that the two nations had also sought to increase naval cooperation in 2005, during the visit of then Myanmar's Naval Chief Soe Thein, but nothing substantial has ever been achieved.
New Delhi has been trying to contain the Chinese influence in Myanmar and has increased interaction with the Junta at all official levels. Indian has also extended phenomenal help in upgrading Myanmars Sittwe port. But the success of New Delhi in gaining a foot hold in Myanmar is being doubted by many experts. Especially, when the latter is being suspected to receive nuclear weapons technology from China and North Korea as observed by former R&AW official R.S.N. Singh at a seminar organised by policy think tank CLAWS in national capital New Delhi.
8ak - Indian Defence News: Myanmar to free Suu Kyi, help India flush out terrorists
