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The narrative on Myanmar coup sums up the the obvious less a mention on Sittwe port being developed by India to provude an alternate axis to Mizoram from Diamond harbour through sea to Sittwe port under the Kaladan Multi Modal Transport Project.Sittwe may become a competing point as it provides shortest access to Indian Ocean to China through Myanmar.
World has to plan to change the political system in China and Myanmar to democratical system, Russia included.
No choice otherwise.
Put the nation first
Instead of merely standing by waiting to hoist its sails on the mast of the winning side, what can and should India do considering the uncertain outcome of the Coup:
1. Extend sympathy to the Myanmar’s civilians killed in anti Coup protests.
2. Offer its services to broker peace between the protestors and the Coup leaders.
3. In times to come, India and Thailand will receive more refugees, than what they already have. These two countries should enter into dialogue with the Myanmar Government on refugee management.
4. Considering the popular resentment in India against the Central Government’s call to the States to return refugees to Myanmar, this issue has to be handled through a dialogue with the stakeholders.
The narrative on Myanmar coup sums up the the obvious less a mention on Sittwe port being developed by India to provude an alternate axis to Mizoram from Diamond harbour through sea to Sittwe port under the Kaladan Multi Modal Transport Project.Sittwe may become a competing point as it provides shortest access to Indian Ocean to China through Myanmar.
World has to plan to change the political system in China and Myanmar to democratical system, Russia included.
No choice otherwise.
Put the nation first
If China is investing in China Myanmar economic corridor, India too is engaged with Myanmar with Kaladan multi modal transit transport project.
Instead of merely standing by waiting to hoist its sails on the mast of the winning side, what can and should India do considering the uncertain outcome of the Coup:
1. Extend sympathy to the Myanmar’s civilians killed in anti Coup protests.
2. Offer its services to broker peace between the protestors and the Coup leaders.
3. In times to come, India and Thailand will receive more refugees, than what they already have. These two countries should enter into dialogue with the Myanmar Government on refugee management.
4. Considering the popular resentment in India against the Central Government’s call to the States to return refugees to Myanmar, this issue has to be handled through a dialogue with the stakeholders.