CNI News
17 September 2025
After the meeting between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chairman of the National Security and Peace Commission, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, military and political analysts pointed out that India may start monitoring and controlling Chin revolutionary armed groups.
They also noted that it remains to be seen how India might get involved in Myanmar’s security sector.
According to Colonel Khun Okkar, Chairman of the Pa-O National Liberation Organization (PNLO-NCA/S), unlike China, India is unlikely to provide Myanmar’s military with direct military support, but it could monitor and control Chin revolutionary groups.
“It’s hard to predict exactly. But I think the Myanmar Tatmadaw wants to balance relations—being on good terms with both China and India. However, India is not like China, which provides arms to the Myanmar Tatmadaw. China even sends representatives as ceasefire monitors in Lashio. India doesn’t seem to follow that approach. Still, India might start monitoring and exercising some control over the activities of Chin revolutionary groups.”, he told CNI News.
While Chin Brotherhood (CB) was meeting with Lt-Gen Gun Maw, a leader of the KIA
During Senior General Min Aung Hlaing’s trip to China, he met Indian Prime Minister Modi and reached an agreement on enhancing security cooperation.
Later, on September 10, 2025, Myanmar Tatmadaw’s Commander of the Bureau of Special Operations (1), Lt-Gen Ko Ko Oo, met with Indian Chief of Army Staff, General Upendra Dwivedi, in New Delhi.
The Indian Army announced that the meeting focused on expanding defense cooperation, military-to-military relations, and commitments to regional peace and stability.
Lt-Gen Ko Ko Oo oversees the Northwest Command (Sagaing Region, northern Magway Region, Chin State), Northern Command (Kachin State), and Central Command (Mandalay Region, southern Magway Region).
Thus, Bureau of Special Operations (1) covers Kachin State, Sagaing Region, Magway Region, Chin State, and Mandalay Region.
Chin Brotherhood (CB) meeting with NUG leaders
India shares borders with Sagaing, Chin, and Kachin, where Naga and Meitei armed groups attacking India have bases and operate from.
Similarly, in Chin State, which borders India, more than 10 Chin armed groups fighting against the Myanmar Tatmadaw are based. Ongoing clashes there have forced displaced civilians to cross into India for refuge.
Dr. Aung Myo, a Myanmar political analyst, told CNI News that the governments of some Indian border states have been providing support to certain Chin armed groups, and this issue was likely discussed between the two governments to address more effectively.
“The Indian Army and border security forces have good relations with the Myanmar Tatmadaw. But some Indian state governments—especially Mizoram—sympathize with Chin National Army (CNA) and provide support. Since they are ethnically related, it’s hard to block that entirely. So, both countries likely discussed this matter to take more effective and concrete measures.”
Before these India-Myanmar meetings, during July and August 2025, Chin Brotherhood (CB), Karenni National Defense Force (KNDF), Yaw Army, Myingyan PDF, NUG ministers, Naga armed groups, and other Spring Revolution forces held talks with the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) at its headquarters.
