PM Narendra Modi meets Aung San Suu Kyi, discusses bilateral and regional issues

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today held bilateral meetings with ASEAN leaders, including Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, and discussed key bilateral and regional issues.

After the meeting between Modi and the Myanmar leader, External Affairs Ministry spokesman Raveesh Kumar tweeted, "The two leaders had a productive discussion on intensifying bilateral cooperation, including follow-up on key decisions taken during PM's visit to Myanmar in September 2017."

Today's meeting came nearly a month after India and Myanmar inked an agreement on restoration of normalcy and development in the Rakhine state, from where thousands of Rohingya Muslims recently fled following incidents of violence against the community.


Signed during Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar's visit to Myanmar, the pact was the first government-to-government agreement by Myanmar with a cooperation partner focused on socioeconomic development and livelihood initiatives in the Rakhine state.

All 10 ASEAN leaders will be chief guests at this year's Republic Day parade.