Modi Meets Sanctioned Myanmar President, Opens Deals
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- Min Aung Hlaing arrived in India on May 30, met External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, and is slated for a June 1 summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
- Narendra Modi became the first foreign leader to host the sanctioned Myanmar president in his capacity as head of state, marking a diplomatic overture.
- Myanmar sent a high‑level delegation of cabinet ministers, senior officials and business leaders to accompany Min Aung Hlaing to a New Delhi business forum.
- Min Aung Hlaing invited Indian firms to invest in the Yadanabon Cyber City project in Mandalay and highlighted the Kaladan multimodal transit and India‑Myanmar‑Thailand trilateral highway as trade‑boosting corridors.
- Min Aung Hlaing will travel to Mumbai on June 2 for further business and industry interactions.
Why it matters: Indian firms get a direct line to Myanmar’s investment push, with the June 1 summit opening doors to the Yadanabon Cyber City and transport corridors, boosting bilateral trade and anchoring Myanmar in the ASEAN‑India economic corridor.
