AIZAWAL: Foreigners, including those from the US and the UK, are crossing into Myanmar via Mizoram to impart arms training to insurgents there, CM Lalduhoma informed Mizoram assembly on Monday.
The CM said while nearly 2,000 foreigners visited Aizawl between June and Dec last year, they were never seen in the streets, alluding to the fears that their main intention had been to cross into Myanmar to interfere in its internal affairs.
Centre has been closely watching the situation in the border areas after China and the US involved themselves in Myanmar conflict. The recent visit of Mizoram by the US ambassador to India without any prior intimation also came as a surprise, he said.
Union home ministry re-imposed the protected area regime in Manipur, Nagaland and Mizoram to monitor the movement of foreigners.