NAYPEIDAW, Aug 31: On the first day of the Shanghai Organisation Cooperation Summit in the Chinese city of Tianjin, Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Myanmar junta s leader and the country s President, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing on the summit s sidelines.
The two leaders reviewed bilateral relations, border security, trade, and defence among other aspects.
In a post on X, Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal posted a pictures of the two leaders meeting, as well as of the meeting between the delegations from New Delhi and Naypyidaw.
He wrote: PM @narendramodi met with Senior General Mr. Min Aung Hlaing, Chairman of the State Security and Peace Commission of Myanmar, on the sidelines of the SCO Summit in Tianjin, China.
The leaders reviewed ties & discussed the way forward on several aspects of bilateral cooperation, including trade, development partnership, defence and security and border management. PM reiterated readiness to support the developmental needs of Myanmar.
The meeting comes as Myanmar- currently in the throes of devastating civil war, which has left border security uncertain – recently announced its long-promised elections will begin on December 28.
The war, which has been going on since 2021 when the country s military carried out a coup and removed the former elected civilian government led by Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi.
(UNI)
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