Indo Myanmar Friendship road

Originally proposed as India’s first “Look East Policy” engagement with Burma, construction of the India-Burma Friendship Road (also known as the Tamu-Kalaymyo-Kalewa highway) started in 1997. A 320-strong workforce from India’s Border Roads Organization completed the widening and paving of the highway in November of 2000. The US$30 million for the highway came entirely from the Indian Ministry of External Affairs.

The highway was seen as important for improving cross-border trade. But there were certainly also security considerations at a time when the Indian Army was fighting a number of insurgent groups who were active in the border area. The new highway meant Burma Army troops were better able to assist the Indian Army in its fight by gaining quicker access to areas used by the insurgent groups. The Indian security establishment’s desire for Burmese assistance fighting insurgents was one of the key reasons for India’s policy shift toward Burma in the early 1990s. With the emergence of the “Look East Policy” in 1993, India moved from a principled support for the Burmese democracy movement to a strategy based on mutual security cooperation.

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