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Defense Relations with Myanmar Surge; Progress Made During Vice Admiral Thane's Visit
April 3, 2007: Myanmar has secured greater strategic co-operation in terms of military supplies and training during Vice Admiral Thane's current trip to India.
Vice-Admiral Soe Thane has met defence minister A
K Antony, Navy chief Admiral Sureesh Mehta, Army chief General J.J. Singh and
defence secretary Shekhar Dutt among other top Ministry of Defence officials on
Monday (2nd April '07).
India is already known to be
transferring two Islander surveillance aircraft, 105mm light artillery guns and
T-55 tanks to Myanmar.
Myanmar has played a key
role in aiding India
fight insurgent groups that operate in the North Eastern region of the country.
Indian and Myanmarese Security Forces are said to be conducting joint military
operations along the 1,643-km Indo-Myanmar border to neutralize insurgent
groups including ULFA, UNLF, PLA and Kannglei Yawol Kanna Lup, which are known
to have set up bases in the thick tropical jungles of the border region.
Sources: INDIA-DEFENCE