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India, Myanmar sign key deals, bus service from April

February 28, 2020March 2, 2020 - by India Writes Network

India and Myanmar have signed 10 agreements, ranging from infrastructure, energy, communication, and health, following delegation-level talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President U Win Myint in New Delhi. …

I am glad that Myanmar is already reforming its policies to attract business and capital : Kovind

December 14, 2018 - by India Writes Network

Myanmar and India are close neighbours with an abiding friendship. Our trade and investment partnership, however, at present, is modest. But we both remain deeply committed to bring them up …

Will Myanmar take back Rohingya refugees? Bangladesh optimistic

October 5, 2017October 5, 2017 - by India Writes Network

As Bangladesh reels under the massive influx of Rohingya refugees fleeing the violence in Rakhine state, Bangladesh’s Foreign Minister A.H. Mahmood Ali said that Myanmar has made a proposal to take back about half a million refugees. His remarks came after his meeting in Dhaka with a Myanmar delegation headed by Kyaw Tint Swe, a minister in State Counsellor’s office.

Myanmar joins SASEC, boost to India’s Act East Policy

April 2, 2017 - by India Writes Network

In a boost to India’s Act East policy, Myanmar has formally become a full member of South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation (SASEC) programme of Asian Development Bank (ADB), becoming the …

Political Transition, Tatmadaw and Challenges for Myanmar’s Democracy

July 27, 2016July 27, 2016 - by India Writes Network

The year 2016 marked a major power transition in Myanmar as democratic forces led by the National League for Democracy (NLD) under Daw Aung Saan Suu Kyi assumed office on …

Myanmar’s conflicts and its regional dimensions

March 28, 2015March 28, 2015 - by India Writes Network

The delicate relationship between Myanmar and China has once again been exposed following Myanmar’s air bombing on March 13, targeting ethnic rebels. Instead, the bombing killed five Chinese farmers in …

Myanmar: Will another Panglong happen?

February 13, 2015February 16, 2015 - by India Writes Network

The hope of signing a nationwide ceasefire agreement between the Myanmar government and the ethnic armed groups on the Union Day, 12 February, is unlikely to happen. The date of inking the agreement on this day was proposed by President Thein Sein. It was on this day several decades ago that the historic Panglong Agreement was signed between the Myanmar (then Burma) government and several ethnic minority groups.

India and US: Friends with benefits

January 23, 2015January 23, 2015 - by India Writes Network

There has been a certain element of surprise in India’s invitation to US President Barack Obama to be the first American to be a chief guest at the Republic Day …

AQIS: A possible Al Qaeda resurgence in South Asia?

September 15, 2014September 15, 2014 - by India Writes Network

On September 4, 2014 the formation of an al Qaeda wing in South Asia was announced by the group’s chief Ayman-al-Zawahri through an online video. The new branch would go …