Source: The Sangai Express
Kolkata, December 11:
The Indian Army today said it was ready to take up a joint operation with the Myanmar Army to flush out North-East based militants but was awaiting a nod from the Myanmar Government in this regard.
"There has been an agreement in principle to work on collaborative flush-out operations.
Myanmar is a sovereign country and unless the Govt asks us to operate with them, we can't," Vice Chief of Army Staff Lt Gen Shantonu Choudhry said here.
Stating that the scene of action-Myanmar-Naga Hills - was an extremely hostile terrain, he said the flush out operations would also be extremely time consuming and troop consuming.
Choudhry said he had read reports in newspapers that the Myanmar Army had begun its crackdown to flush out North East militant groups, including the National Socialist Council of Nagaland and the United Liberation Front of Asom along the 2326 km border that India shares with Myanmar.