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| India seeks MyanmarÂ’s help to crack down on Assam rebels |
| 2007-01-23 |
| NEW DELHI - India’s foreign minister has asked for neighbouring Myanmar’s help in cracking down on separatist rebels from India’s troubled northeast who are seeking refuge across the border, a government spokesman said on Monday. Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee’s visit to Myanmar this weekend came after reports from Indian security officials that around 200 rebels from Assam state have The rebels from the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) are blamed for the killing of over 70 migrant labourers from other parts of India in recent weeks. Rebels from some of the several other separatist groups in India’s northeast are also thought to use Myanmar as a refuge. ‘In general, anti-Indian groups are trying to take shelter across the border,’ a foreign ministry spokesman said. ‘This makes continued cooperation between neighbours essential.’ India welcomed ‘Myanmar’s commitment not to allow its territory to be used for activities inimical to India’, a statement from India’s embassy in Myanmar said. |
| Posted by:Steve White |