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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;New page&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Short description|1=Diplomatic relations between the Republic of India and the Republic of the Union of Myanmar}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{further|Foreign relations of India|Politics of Myanmar}}&lt;br /&gt;
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{{Use Indian English|date=June 2016}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Infobox bilateral relations|Indo-Burmese|India|Myanmar|map=India Burma locator.svg|mission1=High Commission of India, [[Yangon]]|mission2=High Commission of Myanmar, [[New Delhi]]|envoytitle1=Indian High Commissioner to Myanmar|envoytitle2=[[List of ambassadors of Myanmar to India|Burmese High Commissioner to India]]|envoy1=[[Saurabh Kumar (ambassador)|Shri Saurabh Kumar]]|envoy2=Moe Kyaw Aung}}&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;India–Myanmar relations&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; ({{Lang-hi|भारत-म्यांमार के संबंध}}; {{Lang-my|အိန္ဒိယ - မြန်မာဆက်ဆံရေး}}), also knows as &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Indian–Burmese relations&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; or &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Indian–Myanmar relations&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, refers to the [[Bilateralism|bilateral relations]] between [[India]] and [[Myanmar]]. These relations encompass the political, economic and socio-cultural relations that exist between the two neighboring [[Asia|Asian]] countries. Political relations have improved considerably since 1993, overcoming tensions related to [[drug trafficking]], the suppression of democracy and the rule of the [[State Peace and Development Council|military junta]] in Myanmar.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite journal|last=Egreteau|first=Renaud|date=2008|title=India&amp;#039;s Ambitions in Burma: More Frustration than Success?|url=https://online.ucpress.edu/as/article/48/6/936/24229/India-s-Ambitions-in-Burma-More-Frustration-Than|journal=Asian Survey|language=en|volume=48|issue=6|pages=936–957|doi=10.1525/as.2008.48.6.936}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; [[Politician|Political leaders]] from both countries meet regularly on a bilateral basis and within the [[ASEAN#ASEAN Plus Three and ASEAN Plus Six|ASEAN Plus Six]] community. Economic relations are considerable with India representing Myanmar&amp;#039;s 4th largest export market and the country&amp;#039;s 5th largest import partner.&lt;br /&gt;
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The {{convert|1600|km|abbr=on}} [[India–Myanmar border]] separates the Indian states of [[Mizoram]], [[Manipur]], [[Nagaland]] and [[Arunachal Pradesh]] in [[Northeast India]] from [[Kachin State]], [[Sagaing Region]] and [[Chin State]] in Myanmar/Burma. In addition to the long land border, India and Myanmar also share a maritime border along India&amp;#039;s [[Andaman Islands]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;VJ&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.atimes.com/reports/CB21Ai01.html#top5|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010522142628/http://atimes.com/reports/CB21Ai01.html#top5|url-status=unfit|archive-date=22 May 2001|title=Asia Times: Myanmar shows India the road to Southeast Asia|access-date=2 April 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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== History ==&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Burmese ambassadors at Calcutta in 1882.jpg|thumb|Burmese ambassadors at Calcutta in 1882]]&lt;br /&gt;
India - Myanmar/Burmese relations date to antiquity and cultural exchanges included [[Buddhism in Myanmar|Buddhism]] and the [[Burmese script]], which was based on the Indian [[Grantha alphabet|Grantha script]]. In particular, [[Theravada Buddhism]] has tremendously influenced Burmese society and culture for millennia, with around 90% of Burma&amp;#039;s population continuing to follow the religion.&lt;br /&gt;
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Myanmar (formerly Burma) was made a province of British India by British rulers and again separated in 1937. It was in [[Japanese occupation of Burma|Japanese-occupied Burma]] that [[Indian independence movement|Indian nationalist]] [[Subhas Chandra Bose]] delivered his &amp;quot;Give me blood and I will give you freedom!&amp;quot; slogan, and [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]] [[Narendra Modi]] highlighted Burma&amp;#039;s role in the Indian independence movement.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/on-final-day-of-tour-pm-modi-visits-shwedagon-pagoda-in-myanmar-s-yangon/story-Rg1PCi8YgvlWLZxL8FXKbL.html |newspaper=[[The Hindustan Times]] |quote=Emphasising Myanmar’s value in India’s freedom struggle, Prime Minister Modi said that this is the sacred land from where Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose gave the slogan of &amp;#039;give me blood and I will give you freedom&amp;#039;. |title=PM Modi visits Shwedagon Pagoda, grave of Bahadur Shah Zafar in Myanmar |date=7 September 2017}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Nehru with U Win.jpg|thumb|[[:w:Jawaharlal Nehru|Jawaharlal Nehru]] with U Win, Burmese High Commissioner in [[:w:India|India]], on October 23, 1947.]]&lt;br /&gt;
India established diplomatic relations after Myanmar&amp;#039;s independence from [[United Kingdom|Britain]] in 1948. For many years, Indo-Burmese relations were strong due to Myanmar previously having been a province of India, due to cultural links, flourishing commerce, common interests in regional affairs and the presence of a significant [[Burmese Indians|Indian community]] in Myanmar.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;VJ&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; India provided considerable support when Myanmar struggled with regional [[insurgency|insurgencies]]. However, the overthrow of the democratic government by the [[Military of Myanmar]] led to strains in ties. Along with much of the world, India condemned the suppression of democracy and Myanmar ordered the [[Burmese Indians|expulsion]] of the [[Burmese Indians|Burmese Indian]] community, increasing its own [[Isolationism|isolation from the world]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;VJ&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;VQR&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DE4DA163AF937A15754C0A96E948260|title=Years of Isolation Produced Intensely Poor Nation|date=24 July 1988|access-date=2 April 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Only [[China]] maintained close links with Myanmar while India supported the [[National League for Democracy|pro-democracy movement]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;VJ&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;G&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7013975.stm|title=BBC NEWS - South Asia - Explaining India&amp;#039;s silence over Burma|access-date=2 April 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;VO&amp;quot;&amp;gt;[http://www.financialexpress.com/old/fe_full_story.php?content_id=42065 Realism in India-Myanmar relations] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515034744/http://www.financialexpress.com/old/fe_full_story.php?content_id=42065 |date=15 May 2013 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Myanmar President Thein Sein.jpg|thumb|Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Myanmar President Thein Sein, 2014]]&lt;br /&gt;
A major breakthrough occurred in 1987 when the then-[[Indian Prime Minister]] [[Rajiv Gandhi]] visited Myanmar, but relations worsened after the military junta&amp;#039;s [[8888 Uprising|reaction towards pro-democracy movements]] in 1988, which resulted in an influx of Burmese refugees into India.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;VJ&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;G&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; However, since 1993 the governments of the [[Indian Prime Minister]]s [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]] and [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]] changed course and began to establish warmer relations between the two nations, as part of a wider foreign policy of increasing India&amp;#039;s participation and influence in [[Southeast Asia]], in light of the growing influence of the People&amp;#039;s Republic of China, an India-Myanmar joint operation destroyed several militant camps of Arakan Army on the Indo-Myanmar border.&lt;br /&gt;
The action averted a possible threat to the ambitious Kaladan transit and transport project which is important for improving the connectivity in the Northeast.&lt;br /&gt;
Myanmar is important for India because of the geographic, historical, cultural and economic linkages/ties that span centuries as well as for the overall development of North-Eastern Indian states. India and Myanmar relationship officially got underway after the Treaty of Friendship was signed in 1951.{{dubious|date=June 2013}}.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;VJ&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;{{Unreliable source?|date=June 2013}}&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;G&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;VO&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Economic relations==&lt;br /&gt;
[[India]] is [[Myanmar|Burma]]&amp;#039;s 4th largest trading partner after [[Thailand]], [[China]] and [[Singapore]], and second largest export market after Thailand, absorbing 25 percent of its total exports.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;HJ&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.bilaterals.org/article.php3?id_article=9085|title=India-Myanmar trade relations|access-date=2 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120212183558/http://www.bilaterals.org/article.php3?id_article=9085|archive-date=12 February 2012|url-status=dead}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; India is also the seventh most important source of Burma&amp;#039;s imports. The governments of India and Myanmar had set a target of achieving $1 billion and bilateral trade reached US$1.3 billion by 2017.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;HJ&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; The Indian government has worked to extend air, land and sea routes to strengthen trade links with Myanmar and establish a gas pipeline.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;G&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;HJ&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; While the involvement of India&amp;#039;s private sector has been low and growing at a slow pace, both governments are proceeding to enhance cooperation in [[agriculture]], [[telecommunications]], [[information technology]], [[steel]], [[Petroleum industry|oil]], [[natural gas]], [[hydrocarbon]]s and [[food processing]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;G&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;HJ&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; The [[bilateralism|bilateral]] border trade agreement of 1994 provides for border trade to be carried out from three designated border points, one each in [[Manipur]], [[Mizoram]] and [[Nagaland]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;HJ&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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=== Infrastructure initiatives ===&lt;br /&gt;
On 13 February 2001 India and Myanmar inaugurated 250 kilometre Tamu-Kalewa-Kalemyo highway, popularly called the [[India–Myanmar border|Indo-Myanmar]] Friendship Road, built mainly by the [[Indian Army]]&amp;#039;s [[Border Roads Organisation]] and aimed to provide a major strategic and commercial transport route connecting [[North-East India]], and [[South Asia]] as a whole, to [[Southeast Asia]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;VJ&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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====India-Myanmar-Thailand Friendship Highway====&lt;br /&gt;
{{main|India–Myanmar–Thailand Trilateral Highway}}&lt;br /&gt;
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[[India]] and [[Myanmar]] have agreed to a 4-lane, 3200&amp;amp;nbsp;km triangular highway connecting [[India]], [[Myanmar]] and [[Thailand]]. The route, which is expected to have completed during 2016, runs from India&amp;#039;s northeastern states into Myanmar, where over 1,600&amp;amp;nbsp;km of roads were built or improved.&lt;br /&gt;
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The route begins from [[Guwahati]] in India and connects to [[Mandalay]] in [[Myanmar]], route continues to [[Yangon]] in [[Myanmar]] and then to [[Mae Sot]] in [[Thailand]], which then continues to [[Bangkok]].&lt;br /&gt;
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India is undertaking two sections of the Trilateral Highway namely, (i) construction of Kalewa-Yagyi road section in Myanmar, and (ii) construction of 69 bridges on the Tamu-Kyigone-Kalewa (TKK) road section in Myanmar. The work on both these sections has been awarded on Engineering, Procurement and Construction mode and is underway since May 2018 for Kalewa-Yagyi section and November 2017 for the TKK section.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;MEA&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|url= https://www.mea.gov.in/rajya-sabha.htm?dtl/30799/QUESTION+NO1127+STATUS+OF+TRILATERAL+HIGHWAY+PROJECT|title= QUESTION NO.1127 STATUS OF TRILATERAL HIGHWAY PROJECT|work=mea.gov.in|access-date=20 December 2018}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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The first phase connecting [[Guwahati]] to [[Mandalay]] will eventually be extended to [[Cambodia]] and [[Vietnam]] under [[Mekong-Ganga Cooperation]] within the wider framework of [[Asian Highway Network]]. This is aimed at creating a new [[Special economic zone|economic zone]] ranging from [[Kolkata]] on the [[Bay of Bengal]] to [[Ho Chi Minh City]] on the [[South China Sea]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;TH&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/9297354/India-to-open-super-highway-to-Burma-and-Thailand.html|title=India to open super highway to Burma and Thailand|date=29 May 2012|work=Telegraph.co.uk|access-date=2 April 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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====Kaladan Multi-modal Transit Route====&lt;br /&gt;
The [[Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Project]] will connect the eastern Indian seaport of [[Kolkata]] with [[Sittwe]] seaport in [[Myanmar]] by sea; it will then link [[Sittwe]] seaport to [[Lashio]] in [[Myanmar]] via [[Kaladan river]] boat route and then from [[Lashio]] on to [[Mizoram]] in [[India]] by road transport. The project was scheduled to be completed by 2014 according to [[Governor of Mizoram]] [[Vakkom Purushothaman]].,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news|last=Purushothaman|first=Vakkom|title=Kaladan Multi Modal Transit Transport Project to link sea route in Myanmar with Mizoram|url=http://tntmagazine.in/news/mizoram/kaladan-multi-modal-transit-transport-project-to-link-sea-route-in-myanmar-with-mizoram/|access-date=11 August 2012|newspaper=The Northeast Times|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415053036/http://tntmagazine.in/news/mizoram/kaladan-multi-modal-transit-transport-project-to-link-sea-route-in-myanmar-with-mizoram/|archive-date=15 April 2012|df=dmy-all}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; but as of Nov 2014 it is likely to be completed by 2016.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;livemint.com&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.livemint.com/Politics/lXLGGeFzlUmlc3p5hIuKMP/Highway-linking-India-to-Myanmar-Thailand-likely-by-2016-V.html|title=Highway linking India to Myanmar, Thailand likely by 2016: VK Singh|author=Elizabeth Roche|publisher=livemint|access-date=2 April 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Visas===&lt;br /&gt;
During a 2017 visit to [[Nay Pyi Taw]], [[Narendra Modi|Prime Minister Modi]] announced that India would offer gratis/no-cost [[Travel visa|visas]] to all Myanmar citizens visiting India.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news |url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/india-to-grant-gratis-visa-to-myanmarese-citizens-pm-narendra-modi-1746810 |quote=&amp;quot;I am pleased to announce that we have decided to grant gratis (no-cost) visa to all the citizens of Myanmar who want to visit India,&amp;quot; Prime Minister Modi said. |publisher=[[NDTV]] |title=India To Grant Gratis Visa To Myanmarese Citizens: PM Narendra Modi |author=Press Trust of India |author-link=Press Trust of India |date=6 September 2017}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/india-to-grant-free-visa-to-myanmar-citizens-modi/article19630531.ece |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |title=India to grant free visa to Myanmar citizens: Modi |date=6 September 2017}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Strategic cooperations==&lt;br /&gt;
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[[India]]&amp;#039;s move to forge close relations with [[Myanmar]] are motivated by a desire to counter [[China]]&amp;#039;s growing influence as a regional leader{{dubious|date=June 2013}} and enhance its own influence and standing.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;VJ&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;G&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;TIME&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1666859,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics|title=India&amp;#039;s Burma Silence Says Volumes|date=29 September 2007|work=TIME.com|access-date=2 April 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Concerns and tensions increased in India over China&amp;#039;s extensive military involvement in developing ports, naval and intelligence facilities and industries, specifically the upgrading of a naval base in [[Sittwe]], a major seaport located close to the eastern Indian city of [[Kolkata]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;VJ&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; India&amp;#039;s engagement of the Burmese military junta has helped ease the regime&amp;#039;s [[international isolation]] and lessen Burma&amp;#039;s reliance on China.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;VJ&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; Both nations sought to cooperate to counteract drug trafficking and insurgent groups operating in the border areas.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;G&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; India and Myanmar are leading members of [[BIMSTEC]] and the [[Mekong-Ganga Cooperation]], along with [[Vietnam]], [[Laos]], [[Cambodia]] and [[Thailand]], helping India develop its influence and ties amongst [[Southeast Asia|Southeast Asian]] nations.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;VJ&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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In 2013, India provided a loan of about US$500million.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://elevenmyanmar.com/business/3197-myanmar-to-use-indian-bank-loans-for-development Myanmar to use Indian bank loans for development] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131215004659/http://elevenmyanmar.com/business/3197-myanmar-to-use-indian-bank-loans-for-development |date=15 December 2013 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; to [[Myanmar]] for its development; India and Myanmar have also agreed to cooperate militarily in order to help modernize Myanmar&amp;#039;s military.{{citation needed|date=September 2017}}&lt;br /&gt;
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In 2020, India gifted the [[Myanmar Navy|Myanmar navy]] its first ever submarine, a [[Kilo-class submarine|kilo class]] ([[INS Sindhuvir (S58)|INS Sindhuvir]]) attack submarine which has been refurbished and modernised by [[Hindustan Shipyard|Hindustan Shipyard Limited]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite news|last=Bhattacharjee|first=Kallol|date=2020-10-16|title=India to handover Kilo class attack submarine to Myanmar|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/india-to-handover-kilo-class-attack-submarine-to-myanmar/article32866535.ece|access-date=2020-10-20|issn=0971-751X}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Security ties==&lt;br /&gt;
Indian and Myanmar troops carried out jointly Operation Sunrise and Operation Sunrise 2 in 2019 in their respective territories to destroy several insurgent camps. However the threat to the [[Kaladan River|Kaladan]] multi-modal transit transport project, India&amp;#039;s gateway to [[Southeast Asia]] continues.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://web.archive.org/web/20190619131007/https://www.financialexpress.com/defence/operation-sunrise-2-several-insurgent-camps-destroyed-along-indo-myanmar-border-myanmar-army-suffers-losses/1610987/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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India has also supported Myanmar in its efforts to combat Rohingya insurgent groups like the [[Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army|Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA)]] and Aqa Mul Mujahideen (AMM),&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news |last= Dutta|first= Prakash K|date=8 September 2017|title=Rohingyas in India and terror threat: How jihadi forces may have infiltrated persecuted Muslims of Myanmar|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/rohingya-muslims-terror-jammu-myanmar-narendra-modi-1040795-2017-09-08|newspaper=India Today}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news |last= Bhaumik|first= Subir|date=18 Oct 2017|title=Why do China, India back Myanmar over the Rohingya crisis?|url=https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/geopolitics/article/2115839/why-do-china-india-back-myanmar-over-rohingya-crisis|newspaper=South China Morning Post}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; after Indian intelligence agencies found the ARSA and AMM to have links with terror groups like the [[Lashkar-e-Taiba|Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT)]] and [[Jaish-e-Mohammed|Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM)]] as well as reported Rohingya terrorists fighting alongside Pakistani extremists in Kashmir.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news |last= Chaudhury|first= Dipanjan Roy|date=12 July 2018|title=Rohingya terrorists linked to pro-Pak terror groups in Jammu &amp;amp; Kashmir|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/rohingya-terrorists-linked-to-pro-pak-terror-groups-in-jammu-kashmir/articleshow/55046910.cms|newspaper=Economic Times}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Disaster relief==&lt;br /&gt;
India responded promptly and effectively in rendering assistance after natural disaster in Myanmar such as the earthquake in Shan state (2010) Cyclone Mora (2017), and Komen (2015). India offered to help in capacity building in [[disaster risk mitigation]] as well as strengthening Myanmar&amp;#039;s National Disaster Response Mechanism.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Covid-19 vaccines ==&lt;br /&gt;
India granted 1.7 million Covid-19 vaccines to Myanmar in the months of January and February of 2021.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|title=Vaccine Supply|url=https://www.mea.gov.in/vaccine-supply.htm|access-date=2021-06-12|website=www.mea.gov.in}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Human rights==&lt;br /&gt;
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[[India]] was hesitant in reacting to the [[2007 Burmese anti-government protests]] that had drawn overwhelming international condemnation.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;TIME&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; India also declared that it had no intention of interfering in Burma&amp;#039;s internal affairs and that the [[Bamar|Burmese people]] would have to achieve [[democracy]] by themselves as it respects the sovereignty of Myanmar.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;G&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; This low-key response has been widely criticised both within India and abroad as weakening India&amp;#039;s credentials as a leading democratic nation.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;VJ&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;G&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;TIME&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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In contrast to much of the international community, [[Narendra Modi|Prime Minister Modi]] declined to criticize [[Aung San Suu Kyi|Suu Kyi]]&amp;#039;s handling of the [[2016–17 Northern Rakhine State clashes]] or Myanmar&amp;#039;s government&amp;#039;s treatment of its [[Rohingya people]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1170907/jsp/frontpage/story_171295.jsp |newspaper=[[The Telegraph (Calcutta)|The Telegraph]] |title=Modi stands by Suu Kyi |first=Charu Sudan |last=Kasturi |date=6 September 2017}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/06/asia/modi-india-myanmar-rohingya/index.html |publisher=[[CNN]] |title=Indian Prime Minister blames Rohingya violence on extremists |first=Huizhong |last=Wu |date=7 September 2017}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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India also announced plans to [[Deportation|deport]] its Rohingya refugee population. Minister of State for Home Affairs [[Kiren Rijiju]] described the refugees as &amp;quot;illegal immigrants&amp;quot;, echoing the Myanmar government position.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;ft&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.ft.com/content/6df8f4ea-946e-11e7-a9e6-11d2f0ebb7f0|newspaper=[[The Financial Times]] |title=India’s Rohingya refugees face new deportation threat |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170911162055/https://www.ft.com/content/6df8f4ea-946e-11e7-a9e6-11d2f0ebb7f0 |archive-date=September 11, 2017 |quote=Police across India have been instructed by New Delhi to step up surveillance of Rohingya or anyone suspected of being from the minority as a preparatory step. “They are illegal immigrants in India,” Kiren Rijiju, minister of state for home affairs, told reporters last week. “As per law, they stand to be deported.”}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;thehindu&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/rohingya-are-illegal-immigrants-who-need-to-be-deported-says-kiren-rijiju/article19625459.ece|title=Rohingya are illegal immigrants who need to be deported, says Kiren Rijiju|website=The Hindu|access-date=14 September 2017}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Although the Rohingya have fought deportation in the Indian courts (partly on humanitarian grounds), in September 2017 the Indian government responded that India did not sign the [[Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees|1951 Refugee Convention]] and most Rohingya arrived in India before the August 2017 violence. Some Indian media have reported that the country&amp;#039;s intelligence agencies suspect militant Royhinga leaders of conspiring with Pakistani terrorists and planning to incite violence in India.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;varun_gandhi_2017_09_26_ndtv&amp;quot;&amp;gt;[https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/varun-gandhi-view-on-rohingya-is-anti-national-says-union-minister-1755345 &amp;quot;Varun Gandhi&amp;#039;s View On Rohingya Draws Big Put-Down From Government&amp;quot;] 26 September 2017, [[NDTV]].com, retrieved 26 September 2017&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==See also==&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Mago-Thingbu to Vijaynagar Border Road|Arunachal Border Highway]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Asian Highway Network]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Foreign relations of Burma]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Burma–India relations#India-Myanmar-Thailand Friendship Highway|India-Myanmar-Thailand Friendship Highway]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[India–Myanmar barrier]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[India–Myanmar border]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Kha Maung Seik massacre]]&lt;br /&gt;
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== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
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==Further reading==&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite book|author=Daigorō Chihara|title=Hindu-Buddhist Architecture in Southeast Asia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wiUTOanLClcC|year=1996|publisher=BRILL|isbn=90-04-10512-3}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite book|last=Cœdès|first= George|author-link= George Cœdès|editor= Walter F. Vella|others= trans.Susan Brown Cowing|title= The Indianized States of Southeast Asia|year= 1968|publisher= University of Hawaii Press|isbn= 978-0-8248-0368-1}}&lt;br /&gt;
*Lokesh, Chandra, &amp;amp; International Academy of Indian Culture. (2000). Society and culture of Southeast Asia: Continuities and changes. New Delhi: International Academy of Indian Culture and Aditya Prakashan. &lt;br /&gt;
*R. C. Majumdar, Study of Sanskrit in South-East Asia&lt;br /&gt;
*R. C. Majumdar, Ancient Indian colonisation in South-East Asia.&lt;br /&gt;
*R. C. Majumdar, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Champa&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Ancient Indian Colonies in the Far East&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, Vol.I, Lahore, 1927. {{ISBN|0-8364-2802-1}}&lt;br /&gt;
*R. C. Majumdar, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Suvarnadvipa&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Ancient Indian Colonies in the Far East&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, Vol.II, Calcutta,&lt;br /&gt;
*R. C. Majumdar, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Kambuja Desa or an Ancient Hindu Colony in Cambodia&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, Madras, 1944&lt;br /&gt;
*[[R. C. Majumdar]], &amp;#039;&amp;#039;India and South-East Asia&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, I.S.P.Q.S. History and Archaeology Series Vol. 6, 1979, {{ISBN|81-7018-046-5}}.&lt;br /&gt;
*[[R. C. Majumdar]], History of the Hindu Colonization and Hindu Culture in South-East Asia&lt;br /&gt;
* Amit Singh, &amp;quot;Emerging Trends in India-Myanmar Relations,&amp;quot; &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Maritime Affairs: Journal of the National Maritime Foundation of India,&amp;#039;&amp;#039; Vol. 8, No. 2, (Dec 2012) Pages: 25-47 DOI:10.1080/09733159.2012.742650&lt;br /&gt;
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