Min Aung Hlaing invited to regional summit in Bangkok; Myanmar crisis discussed at Thailand security seminar

Min Aung Hlaing invited to regional summit in Bangkok 

An anonymous source told Thai PBS that Burma’s regime leader Min Aung Hlaing is set to visit Thailand’s capital Bangkok April 3-4 to attend the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC). This would be Min Aung Hlaing’s first official visit to Thailand since the 2021 military coup.

“A final confirmation is still needed regarding this matter,” a senior official from Thailand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs told the BBC on Sunday, adding that Bangkok has yet to confirm whom the regime in Naypyidaw would send to the regional summit. Regime Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Than Swe attended the BIMSTEC Foreign Ministers’ Retreat in New Delhi last year.