India hopes that the forthcoming elections in Myanmar will be held in a fair and inclusive manner involving all stakeholders, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told the head of Myanmar’s military junta, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, on Sunday.
Modi met Hlaing on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in Tianjin.
The prime minister also conveyed to the Senior General that India supports a “Myanmar-led and Myanmar-owned peace process”.
“The prime minister expressed the hope that the forthcoming elections in Myanmar will be held in a fair and inclusive manner involving all stakeholders,” the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said.
“He underlined that India supports a Myanmar-led and Myanmar-owned peace process, for which peaceful dialogue and consultation is the only way forward,” it said in a statement.
Modi also noted that India attaches importance to its ties with Myanmar as part of its ‘Neighbourhood First’, ‘Act East’ and ‘Indo-Pacific’ policies.
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India hopes that the forthcoming elections in Myanmar will be held in a fair and inclusive manner involving all stakeholders, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told the head of Myanmar’s military junta, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, on Sunday.
Modi met Hlaing on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in Tianjin.
The prime minister also conveyed to the Senior General that India supports a “Myanmar-led and Myanmar-owned peace process”.
“The prime minister expressed the hope that the forthcoming elections in Myanmar will be held in a fair and inclusive manner involving all stakeholders,” the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said.
“He underlined that India supports a Myanmar-led and Myanmar-owned peace process, for which peaceful dialogue and consultation is the only way forward,” it said in a statement.
Modi also noted that India attaches importance to its ties with Myanmar as part of its ‘Neighbourhood First’, ‘Act East’ and ‘Indo-Pacific’ policies.
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