MILITARY contacts with the Rangoon junta including joint naval exercises involving Australian and Burmese warships did not compromise the government's strong diplomatic stand against Burma's thuggish military regime, Senate Estimates was told yesterday.
The Navy's participation in an Indian military exercise in which a Burmese warship was also invited has been condemned by human rights groups, academics and the federal Opposition as a blatant violation of the government's ban on military links with Rangoon.
The Armidale class patrol boat, HMAS Glenelg, took part in Exercise Milan which ended on Tuesday.
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