Justice For Myanmar (JFM) has called on the Indian government to stop providing military equipment, military-related supplies and training to Myanmar’s military at a time when the armed forces continue to kill civilians and cause mass displacement across the country.
In a statement issued on 30 May, JFM said that junta leader Min Aung Hlaing’s visit to New Delhi demonstrates what it described as India’s increasingly close engagement with Myanmar’s military authorities.
According to JFM, India has state-backed investments in Myanmar’s gold mining sector, natural gas projects, and the Myanmar–China oil and gas pipeline network. The group argued that these investments continue to provide the military authorities with access to foreign currency revenues.
JFM further criticized India’s high-level engagements with the military leadership, saying such interactions risk conferring political legitimacy on a military administration that has been widely rejected by the people of Myanmar.
The organization therefore called on the Indian government to immediately end its engagement with Myanmar’s military authorities, stop actions that could be seen as legitimizing the regime internationally, and instead stand alongside the people of Myanmar.
The statement also alleged that elements of the Indian Air Force and certain Indian state-owned enterprises have continued to provide military equipment, infrastructure-related support and training to Myanmar’s armed forces.
According to JFM, such support contributes to the military’s capacity while allegations of war crimes and crimes against humanity against the Myanmar military continue to be raised by human rights organizations and international observers.
