The announcement came two days after Shah said that India has decided to fence the entire 1,643-km-long India-Myanmar border.The India-Myanmar border, which passes through Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh, currently has FMR.It was implemented in 2018 as part of India’s Act East policy.Fencing along the border has been a persistent demand of the Imphal Valley-based Meitei groups which have been alleging that tribal militants often enter into India through the porous border.The Meitei groups also allege that narcotics are being smuggled into India taking advantage of the unfenced international border.
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