Special forces of the Indian Army had made a cross-border raid on two camps of N-E insurgents in Myanmar on June 9, 2015, after 18 soldiers were killed in an ambush in Manipur. File photo

Nay Pyi Taw, August 22Myanmar military authorities have denied that there was a recent exchange of gunfire on its soil between the Indian army and the outlawed National Socialist Council of Nagaland (khaplang) (NSCN-K), the media reported on Monday.The denial referred to some reports that the Indian Army entered the Myanmar territory and fought with Naga rebels on August 19 and that the fighting lasted for three hours, Xinhua news agency reported.Myanmar military’s information quoted witnesses as saying that the gun battle occurred inside India, one mile west of the Myanmar-India border, and not in Myanmar.However, Myanmar military columns on the border were on full alert to ward off foreign troops from entering the country, the military authorities said.Myanmar would neither accept nor encourage any armed group to station on its soil to potentially terrorise the government, it said.The authorities insisted that Myanmar armed forces was working in tandem with Indian army and rendering cooperation in patrolling the border and exchanging information.A leading English daily recently reported a gun battle between Indian army and the NSCN-K near the Indo-Myanmar border.The Indian army had carried out a strike in June last year after the Naga group had ambushed and killed 18 soldiers in Manipur.Myanmar army had then warned India against such incidentsThe Naga militants abrogated a 14-year-old ceasefire in March last year. — Agencies