Preet Malik, the former Indian ambassador to Myanmar, says the country presents a 'strategic opportunity' for India and China.
In his recently published memoirs “My Myanmar years - A Diplomat’s Account of India’s Relations with the Region”, Malik says, “the external relations of Myanmar shall continue to rest on the poles of China and India as its great and immediate neighbouring powers hold the significant capacity to contribute to its economy and institutional development.”
Malik says the US, Japan and ASEAN will be the three other 'poles' for Myanmar's foreign relations.
He said that by trying to develop Myanmar, both India and China can improve the lot of its people in frontier regions, some of them in ferment.
“For India, the development of infrastructure and economic links for its north-eastern region with Myanmar and through Myanmar are of great strategic importance,” Malik says in his 200-page memoirs. (Courtesy of Mizzima)
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