Min Aung Hlaing to visit India amid ongoing crisis in Myanmar
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Indian media has reported that Myanmar regime leader Min Aung Hlaing is scheduled to visit India’s Bodh Gaya and the capital, New Delhi, either on May 31 or during the first week of June. Neither the military regime in Naypyidaw nor the Embassy of India in Myanmar has officially confirmed the impending visit.
This trip would mark Min Aung Hlaing’s first foreign visit since he was inaugurated as Myanmar’s president by a pro-military parliament on April 10, follo
wing widely condemned “sham” elections that concluded on January 25.
Strategic agendas: Border security and infrastructure
Salai Dokhar, the founder of the civil society group India for Myanmar, told DVB that Min Aung Hlaing’s trip is likely driven by two major priorities:
Border Security: Addressing the escalating instability along the porous borders shared by the two countries.
The IMTT Highway Project: Reviving talks on the stalled India-Myanmar-Thailand Trilateral (IMTT) Highway. The 870-mile (1,400 km) project, designed to link Moreh in India’s Manipur State with Mae Sot in Thailand via Myanmar, was approximately 70 per cent complete by July 2023 but has been halted by the ongoing conflict.
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