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Myanmar is of extreme strategic and economic importance for India. The two nations share a 1,600km land border and a long maritime boundary in the strategically important Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea; they are bound by religious, cultural and ethnic linkages and four of India's politically-sensitive Northeastern states share international borders with Myanmar. India has been pursuing friendly relations with its eastern neighbour since the early 1990s with the goal of countering China's influence in the region as well as exploiting the tremendous energy resources of Myanmar. Critics have however, argued that India's Myanmar policy is flawed and have called for a re-valuation.