India Training Burmese Air Force Officials

India has started training Burmese air force officers at a naval air base in Kochi, according to a recent report in the Calcutta-based newspaper The Telegraph, in a move that further strengthens its growing ties to Burma’s ruling junta.

The Burmese air crews are said to be learning to operate sophisticated air defense equipment and aircraft, the report noted.

“The cooperation with our neighbors is in keeping with the Prime Minister’s desire to improve relations with them [Burma],” a senior Indian official was quoted as saying in an article about the joint training in the national Indian daily The Hindu.

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