"Most of the weapons (seized from insurgents) carry Chinese mark," he said, adding reportedly there are arms bazaars on Myanmar-China border.
The government has raised its concerns with China, Myanmar and Bangladesh through diplomatic channels on the issue of reported smuggling of arms through their territories.
"Cooperation from Bangladesh is splendid," he said adding there has been significant improvement in response from Myanmar after a new government took over.
Effective domination of the India-Bangladesh and India-Myanmar borders by the security forces and regular patrolling along the border areas are being carried out. "The erection of fencing and installation of flood lights along
Indo-Bangladesh border has helped in controlling the smuggling of arms including other cross-border illegal activities."
Noting that the Indo-Myanmar border is more complex, he said regular patrolling and establishment of mobile vehicle check posts along India-Myanmar border have been put in place to check smuggling of arms.
"In order to prevent smuggling across the Indo-Myanmar border, a memorandum of understanding was signed between India and Myanmar in January, 1994, for maintenance of peace and tranquility in border areas," he said.
Bilateral talks are held regularly at various fora between India and Myanmar and India and Bangladesh to discuss security related issues, including action to check smuggling of arms and effective guarding of borders, he said.
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