Myanmar assures India to flush out insurgents

Shillong, Apr 26 (UNI) Myanmar has assured India to flush out Indian insurgents operating from their soil, Director General of Assam Rifles, Lieutenant General Paramjit Singh said today.

''In our last visit to Myanmar, we had made some breakthrough with the junta agreeing to flush out Indian insurgents,'' Lieutenant General Singh told reporters in the sidelines of the two-day high level Assam Rifles Commander's Conference which started here today.

He, however, refused to divulge futher details It might be mentioned here that for decades, insurgent groups like the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), the National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Khaplang (NSCN-K), the United National Liberation Front (UNLF), the People's Liberation Army (PLA) and the People's Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (PREPAK), Kuki National Army (KNA) and others have set up their operation bases and training camps in Myanmar's mountainous region between the Arakan range and the Irrawady.

India shares 1,664 km of border with Myanmar.

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