India has asked Myanmar to crackdown on Northeast insurgent groups operating from that country even as both the countries grappled with the boundary dispute at the Home Secretary level talks in New Delhi.
Union Home Secretary V K Duggal, who led a 16-member Indian delegation at the annual talks held on Tuesday, impressed on the Myanmar delegation about the need to launch a drive against the insurgents.
Describing the meeting as 'most productive,' Duggal said: "We discussed all issues, including security, border management, trade, drugs and smuggling besides free movement of people and release of prisoners."
Both sides, however, declined to elaborate on the question of a crackdown on the militants similar to 2003 Bhutan army's operation against the United Liberation Front of Assam or on the possibility of a joint operation.
The sources said the Indian side took up the issue of insurgent groups like United Nationalist Liberation Front and People's Liberation Army operating from across the border.
The Myanmarese delegation while not acknowledging the presence of the insurgents on their territory, are understood to have promised to look into the issue raised by India, the sources said.
The talks will resume on September 16, the last day of the four-day visit of the Myanmarese delegation, which will be visiting Ladakh on Wednesday. Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Brig Gen Phone Swe is leading the visiting delegation.
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