Mapping No. 28
More Conflict Near the Kaladan Transport Project
(Oct 27, 2023 – Nov 28, 2023)
Following ‘Operation 1027,’ clashes have resumed in Rakhine State, where the Arakan Army (AA) has seized control of at least 46 SAC military outposts. Significantly, nearly 40 of these SAC outposts were secured by the AA following SAC forces’ withdrawal from their positions. It is worth noting that while clashes have erupted in northern Rakhine State including along the route of the India-invested Kaladan Multi-modal Transit Transport Project, no direct outpost seizures have been witnessed in southern Rakhine State, a key area for the China-Myanmar Economic Corridor (CMEC) project, but only SAC forces withdrew from their positions.