India, March 10 -- India and Burma signed an agreement in Rangoon today to formally delimit the boundary between the two countries.

A joint boundary commission will be set up soon. According to a Press note issued by the External Affairs Ministry this evening, the commission "will be charged with the task of planning and carrying out demarcation of the boundary, with preparation of boundary maps and with drafting of a boundary treaty."

The boundary treaty, the Press note said, will be subject to ratification. The instruments of ratification will be exchanged in New Delhi within three months of the signing of the treaty.

The Indo-Burmese boundary runs through densely forested mountains with tribal inhabitants on either side. Though not ...