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Really, come on, get serious. This ought to be fun to watch, like 
two dancing partners still at it long after the music stopped. Its not
going to work and everyone knows it, especially the dancers. ds*

ABSDF (Western-Burma) wrote:
> 
> India and Myanmar all set to check drug trafficking
> 
> IMPHAL, Jan 9
> 
> Authorities of the tow neighboring countries of the Myanmar and India
> have to a greed to beef up security on either side of the border to
> check cross border smuggling of narcotics and psychotropic substances.
> 
> The decision to check cross border sumggling was arrived during the
> Indo-Myanmar talk held on January 7 in Shillong. The Union minister of
> the commerce and industry and the Union power minister represented
> India at the talk. Chief secretaries of Mizoram, Arunachal Prates and
> Manipur took part in the talk. Union home ministry officials also
> attended the meeting. High ranking officails including the vice
> chairman of peace and development council represended the Myanmares
> side.
> 
> Talking to The Sangai Express chief secretary H Jelly who returned
> Imphal today after attending the meeting, saide countries have agreed
> to intensify security and check cross border sumggling of drugs and
> other psychotropic substances on a war footing.
> 
> A sectorall level meeting will be held at Aizawl next month as a
> follow up measure, he saide. The next meeting may be held Imphal.
> 
> A joint inspection team of the two countries are presently conducting
> surveys over boundary disputes between the two countries.  A cabinet
> sub comminittee of the state government has also been institused to in
> to the matter.
> 
> The metting endorsed the idea of the further promoting border trade
> and the Indian delegations gave assurances to their Myanmares
> counterpart of full co-operation. Both countries recommended the idea
> of adding more commodities to present 22 items for cross border trade.
> Opening of the UBI branch at Moreh to facilitate smooth flow of trade
> and commerce was mooted. Efforts are also on to extend
> telecommunication link to Tamu. The meeting also discussed the
> prograss of the 170 km long road linking kalimeo to Tamu. The road is
> being constructed by the BRTF.
> 
> The Sangai Express , IMPHAL MONDAY 10 JANUARY 2000 VOL 1/118
> 
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