12-21-2003, 03:06 AM
Bhutan has set an example for Dhaka: Govt
NEW DELHI : A meeting of the Union cabinet's Committee on Security, held here on Friday evening, was understood to have discussed the ongoing operations against the anti-India insurgents hiding in Bhutan .
India has so far received no request for troops from Bhutan to help the Himalayan kingdom in its military operations to flush out insurgents of ULFA and other groups based in that country, external affairs minister Yashwant Sinha said after the meeting.
"No request has been made and I do not think that the situation has arisen so far," Sinha told reporters after a two-hour meeting.
<b>Chaired by Prime Minister Vajpayee, the meeting appreciated the role being played by the Royal Bhutanese Army (RBA), especially the fact that the King of Bhutan was personally leading the operations, sources said after the meeting</b>.
<b>The operation has been launched by the RBA with only logistic support from the Indian Army that has blocked the escape routes for the militants</b>.
The operation has been launched after much planning and preparations. India <b>views this as an example for other neighbours, particularly Bangladesh , where, too 110 camps of militants from the India 's north-east have been operating</b>, sources said.
Constantly in the denial mode, Bangladesh has not been forthcoming in its cooperation and this has affected the overall bilateral ties.
Sources said that the Bangladesh media has even blacked out the developments taking place in Bhutan because of the negative security and diplomatic implications.
Now in its fifth day, the operations have been termed "a resounding success" by Army chief Gen N C Vij.
Gen Vij was at hand to brief the CCS that was attended, among others, by Deputy PM L K Advani, defence minister George Fernandes, external affairs minister Yashwant Sinha, finance minister Jaswant Singh and National Security Adviser Brajesh Mishra.
NEW DELHI : A meeting of the Union cabinet's Committee on Security, held here on Friday evening, was understood to have discussed the ongoing operations against the anti-India insurgents hiding in Bhutan .
India has so far received no request for troops from Bhutan to help the Himalayan kingdom in its military operations to flush out insurgents of ULFA and other groups based in that country, external affairs minister Yashwant Sinha said after the meeting.
"No request has been made and I do not think that the situation has arisen so far," Sinha told reporters after a two-hour meeting.
<b>Chaired by Prime Minister Vajpayee, the meeting appreciated the role being played by the Royal Bhutanese Army (RBA), especially the fact that the King of Bhutan was personally leading the operations, sources said after the meeting</b>.
<b>The operation has been launched by the RBA with only logistic support from the Indian Army that has blocked the escape routes for the militants</b>.
The operation has been launched after much planning and preparations. India <b>views this as an example for other neighbours, particularly Bangladesh , where, too 110 camps of militants from the India 's north-east have been operating</b>, sources said.
Constantly in the denial mode, Bangladesh has not been forthcoming in its cooperation and this has affected the overall bilateral ties.
Sources said that the Bangladesh media has even blacked out the developments taking place in Bhutan because of the negative security and diplomatic implications.
Now in its fifth day, the operations have been termed "a resounding success" by Army chief Gen N C Vij.
Gen Vij was at hand to brief the CCS that was attended, among others, by Deputy PM L K Advani, defence minister George Fernandes, external affairs minister Yashwant Sinha, finance minister Jaswant Singh and National Security Adviser Brajesh Mishra.