Last week, the Arakan Army – an ethnic armed organisation based in western Myanmar – captured a police station just outside Sittwe, the capital of Rakhine state, as part of its ongoing war against the ruling military regime. Both the Sittwe seaport and Paletwa river terminal are part of a single mega-project financed by New Delhi, known as the Kaladan …
On February 6, India’s ministry of external affairs issued an advisory for Indian nationals to not travel to western Myanmar’s Rakhine State. “Operation Leech” was likely undertaken at the behest of the Myanmar military, but for India, it severely dented India’s relationship with the Arakanese revolutionaries. In fact, according to the South Asia Terrorism Portal, which keeps track of such …
New Delhi: Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Sarbananda Sonowal is set to receive the first Indian cargo ship at Sittwe Port in Myanmar on May 9. We have been able to spearhead the speedy execution of the Sittwe port in Myanmar with an aim to boost the trade prospect of northeast India in the ensuing years.” The event …
