Myanmar President Min Aung Hlaing Arrives in India for Five-Day Visit

New Delhi. Myanmar President Min Aung Hlaing has arrived in India on Saturday for the first time as President to visit neighboring country India. It has been informed that he is scheduled to hold a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the visit.

According to the governments of India and Myanmar, former army chief and Myanmar President Hlaing is scheduled to meet with business representatives during his five-day visit.

India's Ministry of External Affairs has issued a statement mentioning the information of Hlaing's visit, and spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal has posted pictures on social media welcoming Hlaing in India's eastern state of Bihar.

President Min Aung Hlaing is scheduled to start his journey with a visit to the Buddhist pilgrimage site Bodh Gaya. Where Lord Gautam Buddha attained enlightenment. Jaiswal said that the visit reflects the strong spiritual, historical, and people-to-people relations and the ongoing cooperation between the two countries.

He is scheduled to meet Prime Minister Modi and President Droupadi Murmu in New Delhi on Monday, the Ministry of External Affairs of India has informed.

Jaiswal told reporters in New Delhi that both leaders will discuss how to further strengthen the relationship between the two countries.

A plan has also been prepared to discuss how the two countries can strengthen their economic relations.

Min Aung Hlaing took the oath as President of Myanmar in April last year, and according to parliamentary officials, representatives from neighboring countries China, India, and Thailand, as well as 20 other countries, were present at his oath-taking ceremony.