"India came to the unexpected aid of the Myanmar military earlier this week, on the night of November 12, when it allowed 46 soldiers of the Burmese junta to enter neighbouring Mizoram. The Myanmarese soldiers were trying to escape from Chin pro-democracy militias who overran their camps in Myanmar’s Chin state, on the other side of the Mizoram border.

The unusual SOS request from the Myanmarese junta first came to the Indian embassy in Naypidaw, which in turn conveyed the urgency of the request to Delhi.

Soon after, instructions went out from New Delhi to security officials in the North-East to allow the Myanmarese soldiers to enter Mizoram.

The Mizoram state police took charge of the soldiers early Monday morning. One day later, they were airlifted to the Moreh border in Manipur. From Moreh, 39 soldiers were sent across, via the established border crossing point, to Tamu on the Myanmar side. Seven more soldiers were expected to return on Wednesday.

This is perhaps the first time that India has rescued soldiers of another country’s army fleeing the fighting on their own soil. It signals New Delhi’s increasing willingness to collaborate with the military regime in Myanmar in the protection of its own national interest despite the junta’s shaky hold on the country."

https://thewire.in/diplomacy/by-coming-to-the-aid-of-myanmar-soldiers-india-signals-willingness-to-support-the-junta