{"id":254102,"date":"2025-03-07T16:19:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T16:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/07\/foreign-policy-issues-dont-lie-within-remit-of-state-governments-mea\/"},"modified":"2025-03-07T16:19:02","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T16:19:02","slug":"foreign-policy-issues-dont-lie-within-remit-of-state-governments-mea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/07\/foreign-policy-issues-dont-lie-within-remit-of-state-governments-mea\/","title":{"rendered":"Foreign policy issues don&#8217;t lie within remit of state governments: MEA"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/img.etimg.com\/photo\/msid-118790848,imgsize-17274.cms?ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Foreign policy issues don&#8217;t lie within remit of state governments: MEA\" title=\"Foreign policy issues don&#8217;t lie within remit of state governments: MEA\" \/><\/div>\n<div data-brcount=\"12\"><a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/foreign-policy-issues\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Foreign policy issues<\/a> do not lie within the remit of <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/state-governments\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">state governments<\/a>, the <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/ministry-of-external-affairs\" rel=\"noopener\">Ministry of External Affairs<\/a> (MEA) said on Friday following reports that two Myanmarese rebel groups signed a merger pact recently in presence of Mizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma. <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/myanmars-anti-junta-groups\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Myanmar&#8217;s anti-junta groups<\/a> from Chin state &#8211; the Chinland Council (CC) and the Interim Chin National Consultative Council (ICNCC) &#8211; signed the merger agreement in <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/aizawl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aizawl<\/a>, according to the reports. <\/p>\n<p><style><![CDATA[\n    \t    #sr_widget.onDemand p, #stock_pro.onDemand p{font-size: 14px;line-height: 1.28;}\n    \t    .onDemand .live_stock{left:17px;padding:1px 3px 1px 5px;font-size:12px;font-weight:600;line-height:18px;top:9px}\n    \t    #sr_widget.onDemand .sr_desc{margin:0 auto 0;}\n    \t    #sr_widget.onDemand .sr_desc{color: #024d99;margin-top:10px;}\n    \t    #sr_widget.onDemand .crypto .live_stock .lb-icon{8px 6px 5px 3px !important}\n    \t    #sr_widget.crypto.onDemand a.text{border-bottom:1px solid #ccc;padding-bottom:5px;display:block;width:100%}\n    \t    #sr_widget.onDemand .sr_desc .text p, #stock_pro.onDemand .sr_desc .text p{font-size:12px;font-weight:400;}\n    \t]]><\/style>\n<p><!--\/article_liveblog.cms?msid=105115637&pos=toppotime:1-->&#8220;We have seen some reports on the matter. Our position on the situation in Myanmar is well known,&#8221; external affairs ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I would also like to reiterate that foreign policy issues do not lie within the remit of state governments,&#8221; he said, responding to a question during his weekly media briefing. <\/p>\n<p>There have been mounting concerns in New Delhi over <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/security-implications\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">security implications<\/a> arising out of fighting between <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/myanmar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Myanmar<\/a>&#8216;s military and rebel forces in areas close to the country&#8217;s border with India. <\/p>\n<p>India has been pressing for return of democracy in Myanmar. <\/p>\n<p><!--\/include_growfast.cms?pagename=article&skipcss=1potime:1--><br \/>Myanmar is one of India&#8217;s strategic neighbours and it shares a 1,640-km-long border with a number of northeastern states including militancy-hit Nagaland and Manipur. 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