Rohingya crisis: Myanmar key link to India's Look East policy

Each project needs government-to-government support to move even an inch

There are more infrastructure projects connecting India with Myanmar than with any of New Delhi’s other neighbours, as the external affairs ministry has discovered. The largest of them — the Kaladan Multi-Modal Transport Project — originates from the home state of the persecuted population of Rohingyas. Yet, since each of these projects needs government-to-government support to move even an inch, it is difficult for India to take a strident position without seriously compromising their viability.

These projects provide a crucial linkage to keep alive each of India’s Look East initiatives. Without Myanmar, India cannot engage with any of the Asian nations