Aiming to strengthen military ties with India, a top official of the
Myanmarese armed forces will be on a week-long visit to New Delhi beginning tomorrow.
Commander-in-Chief of Myanmar's armed forces Vice Senior General Miu Aung Hlaing will hold discussions with top military leadership, including the services chiefs, during his visit.He is scheduled to meet Defence Minister A K Antony and the three Services chiefs, Admiral Nirmal Verma, Air Chief Marshal N A K Browne and General Bikram Singh,on Friday.
The Myanmarese general will also be hosted at the Eastern Army Command in Kolkata, Eastern Naval Command at Visakhapatnam and some of the DRDO labs in Banaglore during the visit.
The visit comes soon after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to Myanmar towards end-May, the first such visit by an Indian PM to Myanmar in 25 years.