Silchar, Jan. 11 :     India and Myanmar have agreed to cooperate with each other and curb insurgency along the border areas. The northeastern states of Mizoram, Manipur and Nagaland fall on the Indian side of the border. Militant activity in these states as well as in Myanmar has led to a spate of extortions, abductions and attacks. Sources said Army chief Gen. V.P. Malik and his Myanmarese counterpart Gen. Muang Aye, who held extensive talks on bilateral issues in Shillong, have also agreed to exchange intelligence inputs. Highly-placed sources here and at Dimapur hailed this summit meeting between the Army chiefs as a 'landmark development'. They expressed hope that a joint move would soon be initiated to flush out guerrillas of the Chin National Front (Roger), a separatist organisation in West Myanmar's Chin state from Mizoram's borders. It would also block raids by both the Isak-Muivah and Khaplang factions of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland in Myanmar. According to a four-page clarified document of the Army, made available to The Telegraph, the CNF (Roger) militants have recently stepped up extortion and abduction for ransom in Mizoram's Champai sector. The rebels have even attacked Assam Rifles jawans, it added. The CNF (Roger), which enjoys a rapport with the National League for Democracy, an outfit opposed to Myanmar's military junta, has been making regular strikes to achieve the right to self-determination for the Chin people in Chin state for the past two decades. Occasionally, CNF (Roger) rebels sneak into Mizoram while fleeing the Myanmarese army. The organisation, which came into existence following a split in its parent organisation at its first Congress in 1993, has also tied up with the All-Burmese Students Democratic Forum, which spearheads the movement against the military junta along with the National League for Democracy. Its demand for an independent Chinland has also evoked support from another secessionist outfit in Myanmar - the Kachin Independence Organisation, which was founded by Burmese insurgent leader Brang Seng. A recent report of the Union home ministry revealed that the Chin National Army (CNA), armed wing of the CNF (Roger), had recently deposited Rs 30,000 at one of its Aizawl hideouts for buying arms. Gen. Muang Aye, during his meeting with Gen. Malik, also discussed these hideouts of the Chin rebels inside Mizoram. The Army document also said Myanmar's military junta recently roped in Rev. Sang Awi, a pastor, to broker peace talks with the CNF(Roger) at Sakrau on the mineral-rich Chin state's border with Bangladesh. But the talks did not make much headway. The hardcore CNF(Roger) insurgents have a cadre strength of about 90. Its president, Thomas Thang No, took over as chief after founder of this faction Roger Biakliana, who set up the faction following the ouster of then CNF president John Nothankap in 1993, resigned on health grounds in 1994 . A triumvirate comprising its general secretary Benjamin Turing, foreign secretary Sui Khar and defence secretary-cum- commander-in-chief Zing Cung help Thang No in charting out the policies of the CNF(Roger). The CNF's headquarters is located at Sakrau on Chin state's border with Bangladesh. Besides, its three military headquarters are located at Chhika, Hloma and Tlangpi in Chin state. The Chin National Army, possessing sophisticated arms, usually ambush Myanmarese foot patrols. According to the latest estimate, the CNA armoury comprises, among others, 19 rifles of 120 mm calibre, 74 AK-47 and 86 AK-56 rifles, the report disclosed. India and Myanmar also agreed that it would allow any insurgent camps to flourish on each other's territory.