The FMR agreement was implemented in 2018. What was the rationale behind it and why was there some discussion around withdrawing it last year, amid the ongoing ethnic conflict between Meiteis and Kukis in Manipur?
The border between India and Myanmar runs for 1,643 km in the four states of Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland, and Arunachal Pradesh. The FMR allows tribes living along the border on either side to travel up to 16 km inside the other country, without a visa.