North East, refugees, China: What is driving India’s cautious approach to the Myanmar military?
Some voices have called for India to express more support for the civilian pro-democracy movement.
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Myanmar refugees shout slogans during a demonstration in New Delhi on February 5, 2021, to protest against the military coup in their country.
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“Finally!” said the headline of
Northeast Now, an Indian news organisation based in Guwahati, Assam, after it became clear that New Delhi had officially condemned the military violence against protesters seeking democracy in neighbouring Myanmar, following the coup in February.
India’s ambassador to the United Nations TS Tirumurti had, in a closed-door meeting of the UN Security Council, made a number of remarks regarding developments in Myanmar, that he proceeded to tweet out afterwards: