Our Correspondent
Imphal, Nov. 28(EMN): The journalists’ bodies of India and Myanmar have recommended to support implementation of India’s Act East Policy and VISA free regime particularly for media fraternity of these countries.
India’s Act East Policy came into existence in the year 1981 as Look East Policy. With the coming of Narendra Modi’s government in the Centre, it was rechristened as Act East Policy in 2014.
The recommendation was made at the end of the two day Inter Regional Media Interaction Programme between Myanmar and India in Imphal on Tuesday.
The interaction programme between the representatives of different journalist bodies in India and Myanmar also recommended to improve the relationship between the two countries and conduct more media exchange programmes in future besides working together for better connectivity in terms of road, railways, air and maritime communication i.e., better transport facilities between the two countries.
The recommendation which was signed by Member Dr Zaw Than of Myanmar Press Council (MPC) and Prakash Dubey of Editors’ Guild of India, Jaishanker Gupta of Press Association of India, Kosuri Amarnath of Indian Journalists Union, Vivek Saxena and CK Naik both ex-Press Council of India members, also agreed to ensure free flow of news between the two countries.
Earlier in the technical session of the interaction programme, most of the speakers suggested for joint media venture between the media personnel of India and Asian nations, war against drug and psychotropic substances.
They also suggested to improve trade and economic bilateral ties between Myanmar and India, and that interaction and effective communication between media personnel of the two countries is of utmost importance.
Later in the evening, 13 Myanmarese-Manipuri delegation including Myanmar journalists called on State Chief Minister N Biren wherein the latter informed that the Government of Manipur is putting in all possible efforts to launch Imphal-Mandalay bus service as soon as possible.
Biren also expressed hope that it would certainly boost people-to-people contact especially among the Manipuri people of the two countries.
