Imphal, Jan 22: Manipur chief minister N. Biren Singh on Sunday thanked Union Home Minister Amit Shah for his announcements on fencing the India-Mayanmar border and scrapping the Free Movement Regime (FMR) between the two countries.
While addressing the statehood day function in Imphal, Manipur CM also thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for taking this decision to fence the 398-km India-Myanmar border with Manipur and cancelling the FMR.
Considering the vulnerability and threats of the 1,643 km unfenced India-Myanmar border spanning Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Nagaland, and Mizoram, the
The Union Government has decided to fence the entire border and to scrap the FMR, which allows citizens residing close to both sides of the border to move 16 km into each other’s territory without a passport or visa.
while addressing the passing out parade of 2,551 commandos of Assam Police in Guwahati on Saturday, Union home minister Amit Shah said that the Centre has decided that India-Myanmar border would also be fenced on the lines of Indo-Bangladesh border, and is reconsidering the existing agreement between Myanmar and India for free movement.
