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Indo Myanmar relation

Quick Points to Remember

• Share 1600 km border
• Both countries are strategically important for each other
• Strained relationship for three decades between the 1960s and 1990s
• Improved relationships after 1990’s
• Narendra Modi’s visit in 2017, 11 agreements.

Introduction
Myanmar, which was previously known as Burma is a neighbouring country of India.

India and Myanmar share a border of 1600 km. The four states that share the
boundary with Myanmar are Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Nagaland and Manipur.

It is important that we move towards greater integration with Myanmar and maintain
healthy relations.
Key Points

• India and Myanmar are historically and culturally related.
• Myanmar is the only ASEAN country that shares a border with India so both
the countries hold strategic importance for each other.
• The relations are important for Narendra Modi’s South and South-east Asian
regional cooperation vision.
• The relations are important for the Bimstec: Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-
sectoral technical and economic cooperation which involves bringing 21% of
the world’s population together with a GDP of 2.5 trillion dollars.
• China’s increased interference has also necessitated greater economic
integration between the two countries.
• In the early years India and Myanmar had close relations but since 1962 the
relations got strained.

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