New Delhi: India needs to closely monitor the emerging situation in Myanmar, where China is making further inroads after international sanctions were imposed on the country after the military coup in February, chief of defence staff General Bipin Rawat said on Saturday, speaking at a webinar on the “Opportunities and Challenges in North East India” organized by the Indian Military.
He further said “return of normalcy” in Myanmar would augur well for the region, especially India, because of “our historical and cultural linkages” with the country.
The northeast region of India, which is connected to the rest of the country by the narrow and vulnerable Siliguri Corridor or the “Chicken’s Neck”, is of “immense geostrategic significance”, especially in the backdrop of China having “mischievously set eyes on the region”, he said.
