{"id":164445,"date":"2022-01-25T20:20:15","date_gmt":"2022-01-25T14:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=164445"},"modified":"2022-01-25T20:20:15","modified_gmt":"2022-01-25T14:50:15","slug":"why-india-must-engage-with-myanmar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/why-india-must-engage-with-myanmar\/","title":{"rendered":"Why India must engage with Myanmar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>News:\u00a0<\/strong>Following the military coup in Myanmar, India should adopt a policy that should be a balance of India\u2019s interest and India\u2019s norms.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>What is the importance of Myanmar for India?<\/strong><\/h5>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\"><strong>Read here:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/coup-in-myanmar-and-india-myanmar-bilateral-relations-explained\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Coup in Myanmar and India-Myanmar bilateral relations \u2013 Explained<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h5><strong>What should be India&#8217;s policy after Tatmadaw (military) took over?<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>India should implement an <strong>unbiased<\/strong> and proactive \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/neighbourhood-first\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Neighbourhood First<\/strong><\/a>\u201d strategy that facilitates the <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/indias-act-east-policy-issues-and-challenges\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Act East policy<\/a> crucial for India\u2019s long-term security and economic interests.<\/p>\n<p>To strengthen its relationship with Myanmar, India should <strong>support its\u00a0critical requirements of systems<\/strong> and platforms like UAVs, surveillance systems, and communication equipment. It should also fasten the completion of the earlier agreement on the operationalization of the Sittwe port, the establishment of an oil refinery, and joint vaccine production facilities for $6 billion.<\/p>\n<p>Considering this, the Indian foreign secretary&#8217;s visit in December 2021 to Myanmar marks great importance. It was the first visit by a senior official from the liberal world and has set the stage for rapprochement and dialogue with Myanmar<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\"><strong>Read here:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/a-delicate-but-necessary-mission-to-mynamar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A delicate but necessary mission to Mynamar<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h5><strong>What should India need to do to strengthen its relationship with Myanmar?<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p><strong>1)<\/strong> Kick-start the process of peace and stability <strong>2)<\/strong> Proactively employ the existing \u201cpeople-to-people\u201d goodwill <strong>3)<\/strong> Proximate ties between the two armies<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\"><strong>Read here:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/indias-strategy-for-myanmar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">India&#8217;s strategy for Myanmar<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong style=\"background-color: var(--global--color-background); color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">Source:\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"background-color: var(--global--color-background); color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">This post is based on the article &#8220;<strong>Why India must engage with Myanmar<\/strong><\/span><strong style=\"background-color: var(--global--color-background); color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">&#8221;\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"background-color: var(--global--color-background); color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">published in <strong>Indian Express<\/strong><\/span><strong style=\"background-color: var(--global--color-background); color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"background-color: var(--global--color-background); color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">on\u00a0<\/span><strong style=\"background-color: var(--global--color-background); color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">25th January 2022.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News:\u00a0Following the military coup in Myanmar, India should adopt a policy that should be a balance of India\u2019s interest and India\u2019s norms. What is the importance of Myanmar for India? Read here:\u00a0Coup in Myanmar and India-Myanmar bilateral relations \u2013 Explained What should be India&#8217;s policy after Tatmadaw (military) took over? India should implement an unbiased&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/why-india-must-engage-with-myanmar\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Why India must engage with Myanmar<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5480,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[212,10500],"class_list":["post-164445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-2","tag-indian-express","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1700643824},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5480"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=164445"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164445\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=164445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=164445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}