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Myanmarese Army head’s visit to India being finalized

July 20, 2012 at 14:27

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The official visit of the head of the Myanmarese Armed Forces to India will take place from August 1 to 8, according to the sources within the Indian Ministry of Defence.

Vice-Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, the Commander-in-Chief of the Tatmadaw (Myanmarese Armed Forces) will hold meetings with several high ranking officials during his trip to India. Gen Aung Hlaing, who has a reputation as a hardliner, recently succeeded Senior General Than Shwe as the Tatmadaw Commander-in-Chief.

The Myanmarese official is expected to meet AK Antony, the Indian defence minister during the trip. He will also meet the Indian Army head Gen Bikram Singh, the Indian Air Force head Air Chief Marshal Norman Anil Kumar Browne, and the Chief of the Naval Staff of the Indian Navy Nirmal Kumar Verma. He will also travel to the Buddhist pilgrimage site of Bodh Gaya in Bihar, as a part of a personal visit.

After meeting the Indian officials, Vice-Senior General Aung Hlaing will visit the headquarters of the Eastern Command of the Indian Army at Kolkota and the main base of the Eastern Command of the Indian Navy in Vizag. The Myanmarese media reported that in addition to these two facilities, the Myanmarese General is also likely to visit several other installations of the Indian Armed Forces.

The visit by the Tatmadaw Chief is believed to be in response to the visit by the Indian Prime Minister Man Mohan Singh to Myanmar, which was undertaken earlier this year. Man Mohan Singh was the first Indian Prime Minister to visit Myanmar for the last 25 years. Several agreements and treaties were signed during the visit, and the Indian Prime Minister had taken time off to meet political activist Aung San Suu Kyi. Currently Myanmar is undergoing a transition from military rule to civilian rule.

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