External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will visit Myanmar on 22 August, in what is to be the first high-level Indian visit after Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) swept to power in elections earlier this year.
The minister will call on Myanmar President U Htin Kyaw and hold discussions with Aung San Suu Kyi, State Counsellor and Foreign Minister of Myanmar. According to the Ministry of External Affairs, discussions will focus on the two nations’ bilateral relationship as well as plans for the upcoming BRICS-BIMSTEC Outreach Summit in India, building on the comprehensive discussions during Foreign Office Consultations held in New Delhi on 9 August 2016.