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Northeastern View | India’s Kaladan Project in western Myanmar may not be viable anymore
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Northeastern View | India’s Kaladan Project in western Myanmar may not be viable anymore

Hindustan Times  

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 …

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Advances by Myanmar’s anti-junta forces mount pressure on port developed by India
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Advances by Myanmar’s anti-junta forces mount pressure on port developed by India

Hindustan Times  

The fall of Paletwa and several key cities in western Myanmar to anti-junta resistance forces has increased pressure on Sittwe, a port city developed with New Delhi’s assistance that is home to an Indian consulate, people familiar with the matter said. Last week, the Arakan Army said it had captured Ponnagyun township police station, 30 km from Sittwe, and told …

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Myanmar’s civil war and India’s interests
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Myanmar’s civil war and India’s interests

The Hindu  

In February 2021, when the Myanmar military leaders ousted the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi, they anticipated a resistance movement that would subside in a few months. A few weeks ago, the Arakan Army captured Paletwa in the Chin State which lies on Myanmar’s western borders with Bangladesh and India. India’s stake The developments in Paletwa will also …

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Operationalisation of Sittwe port and the way forward
1 year, 7 months ago

Operationalisation of Sittwe port and the way forward

Hindustan Times  

It was a dream of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who first envisaged opening of an alternate sea route for the north-eastern part of India through Myanmar in 2003. The operationalisation of Sittwe port’s new terminal on May 9, 2023 on the 162nd birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore is a major milestone that India and Myanmar have achieved. Although …

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Union Minister Sonowal To Receive First Indian Cargo Ship At Sittwe Port In Myanmar On May 9
1 year, 7 months ago

Union Minister Sonowal To Receive First Indian Cargo Ship At Sittwe Port In Myanmar On May 9

ABP News  

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 …

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Making Sense of India's Myanmar Manoeuvres: To Counter China, New Delhi Looks East and Acts Fast
4 years, 2 months ago

Making Sense of India's Myanmar Manoeuvres: To Counter China, New Delhi Looks East and Acts Fast

News 18  

In a major boost to the Narendra Modi government’s Act East policy, India and Myanmar have agreed to operationalise the strategic Sittwe port in Rakhine state early next year, and initiate steps to complete India-Myanmar-Thailand trilateral highways. Sittwe is India’s answer to the Chinese-funded Kyaukphyu port in Rakhine under its BRI, which is intended to cement China’s geostrategic footprint in …

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