Antony will be on a two-day official visit to Myanmar from January 21 at the invitation of the Myanmar Government. He is accompanied by a high level delegation, comprising of Defence Secretary Shashikant Sharma, GoC-in-C Eastern Army Command Lt. Gen D Suhag, Vice Chief of Naval Staff Vice Admiral R Dhawan and other senior officials.

During the visit, Antony wil call on the President of Myanmar and have consultations with the Myanmar Defence Minister and the C-in-C of the Myanmar Defence Forces. He will be discussing issues relating to border management, armed forces interactions and other defence and security matters of interest to both countries.

Both sides will discuss modalities for improving mechanisms for patrolling by own forces along land and maritime boundaries in order to curb activities of insurgent groups and other illegal and criminal activities in these areas. Both India and Myanmar have already agreed not to allow their territory to be used for activities detrimental to the security of the other. Both countries have agreed to conduct periodic coordinated land and maritime patrols.