India and Myanmar will join hands to fight terrorism and insurgent activities and enhance cooperation between security forces and border guarding agencies for securing border areas. This was agreed during the first meeting of the India-Myanmar Joint Consultative Commission (JCC) that was chaired by External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and her counterpart U. Wunna Maung lwin on Thursday. This was first high-level visit from Myanmar after India’s military operation along the India-Myanmar border recently.
Both sides have agreed to have regular meetings of the bilateral Regional Border Committee to promote cooperation and understanding for better border management and assured each other that territories of either country would not be allowed to be used for activities inimical to the other. India will help Myanmar in modernisation of its armed forces.
In order to have a sound border management both sides agreed to have negotiations to enable early conclusion of the bilateral MoU on Movement of People across the land Border.