Myanmar is India's only land neighbour inside ASEAN, with a 1,643-km land border

Background

The Embassy of India in Yangon describes India and Myanmar as immediate neighbours linked by a 1,643-km land border and a maritime boundary of 1098 kms in the Bay of Bengal. The embassy calls Myanmar the only ASEAN country sharing both a land and maritime boundary with India, and a gateway connecting India's Northeast with Southeast Asia. The embassy records cooperation spanning trade, connectivity, border management and, among other fields, development partnership, capacity building, energy, health, education and cultural exchanges. The embassy says the relationship is guided by India's Neighborhood First, Act East, Indo-Pacific and MAHASAGAR visions, and that the two countries share deep-rooted historical, civilizational, cultural and people-to-people ties.