Bangladesh-Burma relations
Websites/Multiple Documents
| Title: | | "Narinjara News" |
| Description/subject: | | This news service covers Bangladesh-Burma relations, the Bangladesh-Burma border, events in Arakan and human rights violations against both the Buddhist and Muslim population of Arakan. Email delivery of the reports may be requested from narinjara@yahoo.com |
| Language: | | English |
| Format/size: | | Frequency: once every couple of days. Archive from December 2001 |
| Date of entry/update: | | 03 June 2003 |
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Individual Documents
| Title: | | Challenges to democratization in Burma: Perspectives on multilateral and bilateral responses. Chapter 2 - Bangladesh–Burma relations |
| Date of publication: | | 14 December 2001 |
| Description/subject: | | I Bangladesh’s policy towards Burma/Myanmar in historical context;
II The present phase of Bangladesh–Burma relations;
III Trade and economic relations 64
IV Conclusions.
"...For Bangladesh, its relations with Burma have been dominated by a refugee crises provoked by the
actions of the Burmese Army under the military governments of Ne Win and SLORC/SPDC. These
crises generated unbearable economic, political and social pressures within Bangladesh thus limiting
its room for creative initiatives. These crises also significantly increased Bangladesh dependence on
foreign assistance to relieve the burden of the continued presence of the refugees. In the latest crisis,
this dependence has led leading donor countries to openly seek to influence Bangladesh bilateral
policies towards Burma.
On the other hand, it is submitted, that Burma’s general standing in Southeast Asia and in South Asia
has greatly improved since 1997, increasing its bargaining power vis-à-vis Bangladesh. Burma's
improved economic position, its greatly expanded armed forces, its relative success in neutralizing the
major insurgencies within the country, its close links with China, its admission into ASEAN, have all
contributed to Myanmar's new strength and greater negotiating power. The ruling SPDC is in a
position to dangle the promise of trade access to the rich resources of their country before the eager
Bangladesh business community. Moreover, the occupation of the Burmese Embassy in Bangkok and
the holding of hostages was expected to harden public opinion against the so-called “terrorist”
activities of the student supporters of Aung San Suu Kyi..." |
| Author/creator: | | Kaiser Morshed |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | International IDEA |
| Format/size: | | pdf (188K) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 12 July 2003 |
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