PM to meet Myanmar's PM in S'pore
New Delhi, Nov 20: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will be meeting his Myanmarese counterpart Thein Sein on the sidelines of the 6th India-ASEAN Summit and the 3rd East Asia Summit in Singapore. The meeting will be a crucial one as it is the first high-level interaction between the two countries after Buddhists monks in Yangoon led a huge pro-democracy movement, followed by the brutal repression of the protests by the military junta, leading to a worldwide condemnation.
Singh's meeting with Sein will be closely watched by international diplomats and media, following New Delhi's reluctance to denounce the military regime there.
During a recent bilateral meeting between Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee and his Myanmarese counterpart U Nyan Win in New York, India had expressed concern at the current situation there, noting that as a close and friendly neighbour, India hoped to see peace, prosperity and stability in Myanmar.
India had also expressed hope that the process of national reconciliation and political reform, initiated by the military junta, would be taken forward expeditiously.
Singh,
who
is
scheduled
to
leave
for
Singapore
on
Monday
to
attend
the
ASEAN
Summit
and
the
East
Asia
Summit,
will
also
be
meeting
Chinese
premier
Wen
Jiabao,
Prime
Minister
of
Japan
Yasuo
Fukuda
and
Malaysian
Prime
Minister
Abdullah
Bin
Ahmad
Badawi.
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