NEW DELHI: India will roll out the red carpet for a top military general from Myanmar during his forthcoming visit to India next month in line with the overall policy to ensure China does not manage to outflank New Delhi once again in the region.
General Min Aung Hlaing, the commander-in-chief of the armed forces in Myanmar, will be in India from August 1 to 8. He is scheduled to meet defence minister A K Antony and the three Service chiefs Admiral Nirmal Verma, Air Chief Marshal N A K Browne and General Bikram Singh - in New Delhi on August 3.
Apart from visiting Buddhist sites in Bodhgaya, the Myanmarese general will also be hosted at the Eastern Army Command at Kolkata, Eastern Naval Command at Visakhapatnam and other defence establishments during the visit.
The visit comes soon after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh went to Naypyitaw towards end-May, the first such visit by an Indian PM to Myanmar in 25 years. While a dozen bilateral MoUs were inked, the PM also met Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi during his three-day visit to the country that is undergoing a phase of transition from total military control to some sort of political reforms.
India to roll out red carpet for Myanmar general - The Times of India