Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said that the Central government will soon fence the India-Myanmar border just like it has barricaded the border along with Bangladesh to restrict free movement into the country.
“India’s border with Myanmar will soon be protected like the border with Bangladesh,” Shah said while speaking at the passing out parade of Assam Police commandos in Guwahati.
“I want to tell my friends in Assam that the Narendra Modi government has decided to fence India’s open border along with Myanmar just like we have fenced the country’s border along with Bangladesh,” Shah said.
“The government is also reconsidering India’s Free Movement Regime (FMG) agreement with Myanmar and will soon end the free movement into India,” the Home Minister added.
India shares a 1,643-km-long border with Myanmar which passes through states like Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland, and Arunachal Pradesh. All these states currently have the Free Movement Regime (FMR), which allows people residing close to the India-Myanmar border to venture 16 km into each other’s territory without a visa. It was implemented in 2018 as a part of India’s Act East policy.
