In Burma, hundreds of regular soldiers flee to India as rebel forces advance

An Indian paramilitary official told Agence France-Presse on Friday, January 19, that about three hundred soldiers of the Burmese junta crossed the border with India to escape the arrival of rebel forces fighting the ruling army in Burma. -Pres. “We accommodated them in our camp”The official said, the arrival received troops “All the support they need”.

Armed clashes have raged in some Burmese regions adjacent to the Indian border since the Arakan Army (AA) launched a major operation in November against security forces, the regular army after a coup in 2021, a setback to power. The invasion ended with a large amount of respect. A ceasefire in the region since the putsch.

The AA said on Sunday that it had captured six military bases along the border with the Indian state of Mizoram and the city of Paletwa in the Chinese state, about 20 kilometers from the border with Bangladesh.

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The Indian official said his unit was collecting the soldiers’ biometric data and had sought permission from the defense ministry in New Delhi to send them back to Myanmar. Two Myanmar military planes have arrived in Aizawl, the capital of Mizoram state, to collect and send back troops who have withdrawn from the conflict.

In October, an alliance between the AA and two other ethnic minority groups launched a joint offensive against the junta in Shan State, seizing towns and important trading centers on the Chinese border in the north. Last week, the alliance announced a Chinese-led ceasefire in the region after months of conflict, posing the biggest threat to the junta since it took power.

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The world with AFP