NEW DELHI: In an unusual move, India used strong language to condemn the terrorist attacks in Myanmar’s Rakhine province, in which many policemen and soldiers of the Myanmar security forces have been killed.In a statement issued late in the evening, foreign ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said “We are deeply saddened at the loss of lives among members of the Myanmar security forces. Such attacks deserve to be condemned in the strongest possible terms.”Extending “strong support” to the Myanmar government, the MEA statement said India hoped the perpetrators would be “brought to justice.” Rakhine state has been wracked by violence after Rohingya Muslims belonging to the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) attacked 30 outposts in Maungdaw, Buthidaung, and Rathedaung townships.The ARSA described these as “defensive action” in a Twitter post. The Indian statement also comes days before PM Modi is scheduled to pay a visit to Myanmar on his way to the BRICS summit in Xiamen, China.A statement from state counselor Aung San Suu Kyi said that among the dead are one security staffer, 10 policemen, a deputy township officer, and 59 extremists.The ARSA chief, meanwhile, declared in a video the group’s “primary objective” is to “liberate our people from dehumanised oppression perpetrated by all successive Burmese regimes.”