INDO-BERMA RELATION

1. China's projects in Gwadar in Pakistan, Chittagong in Bangladesh and Sittwe in Myanmar
2. Gwadar Port is a deep-sea, warm-water port situated at Gwadar in Balochistan province of Pakistan at the apex of the Arabian Sea.
3. Chinese already have a suitable base available (Gwadar port they built in Pakistan), and will soon have another one in Sri Lanka (Hambantota port, which they are building
4. The Chinese Government is trying to give its Navy a greater visibility, operability and rapid action capability in the Indian Ocean region than it enjoys now. Gwadar, Hambantota and Sitwe form important components of its maritime security strategy.

5. Than Shwe visited India July 25-29, and met with Indian President Pratibha Devisingh Patil, Vice President Hamid Ansari and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi. Many bilateral treaties were signed during the visit.

6. A multi-modal transit transport facility -- Kaladan project-- linking Mizoram and other North-Eastern states with Myanmarese Sittwe port

7. Burma’s government singed an MOU with India’s National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) in 2004 for the development of the Tamanthi Dam on the Chindwin River in western Sagaing Division. A new agreement between NHPC and the Hydroelectric Power Department was signed on September 16, 2008. Under the agreement, the Department of Hydropower Implementation (DHPI) will form a joint venture with NHPC to develop the Tamanthi and Shwesayay dams.

8. Nay Pyi Taw, new capital of Burma