Dipanjan Roy Chaudhury
Oct 03, 2020
NEW DELHI: Army Chief MM Naravane and Harsh Vardhan Shringla, Foreign Secretary will visit Myanmar as part of efforts to expand wide ranging partnership. The timing of the visit is significant coming ahead of national elections in Myanmar and would help to boost leadership’s goals for the country’s future welfare.
Security cooperation is getting stronger in recent years in the fight to end insurgency in India's northeast. In a big win for India’s back-door diplomacy, 22 Indian insurgents were handed over for the first time by Myanmar in May, bringing Naypyidaw in sync with New Delhi on dealing with insurgents, sources told ET.