“Over the years, India’s Myanmar policy has largely been driven by security and economic considerations. However, the engagement has at least laid the ground for the two neighbours to take the relationship to a higher level. The President of Myanmar, Thein Sein was received in India last year and there have been numerous visits by our respective Foreign Ministers and other senior officials,” says Neelam Deo, Former Indian Ambassador and Director of Gateway House: Indian Council on Global Relations.
“I think the Chinese media might be reacting to the Indian media’s excessive comparing of the relationship of the two countries with Myanmar and