Indian Government to Terminate Free Movement Regime With Myanmar

Indian Government to Terminate Free Movement Regime With Myanmar

The Indian government has firmed up plans to terminate the Free Movement Regime (FMR), which allows residents on either side of the India-Myanmar border to visit each other’s territory up to a distance of 16 km (10 miles) without a visa. Government sources cited by the media said that they also plan to equip the … Read more

Myanmar’s Sittwe Port Receives First Shipment From India

Advertisement On May 9, Sittwe Port on Myanmar’s Bay of Bengal coast received its first shipment of some 1,000 metric tons of cement that was flagged off from India’s Kolkata port five days earlier. The opening of a shipping line between Kolkata and Sittwe evoked positive comments from both countries, with their governments extolling Sittwe … Read more