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Modi visits China, Myanmar next week

| Updated: October 24, 2017 11:09:06


Modi visits China, Myanmar next week

With the Doklam standoff resolved, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi heads to China next week to attend the BRICS Summit in Fujian province and also visits Myanmar on the way back, the External Affairs Ministry said on Tuesday.


According to a statement issued in Delhi, Modi will visit Xiamen in Fujian province on September 3-5 to attend the 9th BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) Summit.


India and China ended their over 70-day-long tense standoff in Doklam on Monday with both agreeing to withdraw troops from the disputed region ahead of the BRICS summit, says a report carried in The Statesman.


Mr Modi will pay a state visit to Myanmar from September 5 to 7 on invitation from Myanmar President U Htin Kyaw.


This will be Prime Minister Modi’s first bilateral state visit to Myanmar.

During the visit, he would hold talks with State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi on “matters of mutual interest” and also call on President Kyaw. Apart from his engagements in the capital city of Nay Pyi Taw, he will visit Yangon and Bagan.


His back-to-back tour of the two neighbouring nations is seen as significant as both the fronts are facing troubles—in Myanmar sectarian violence has again flared up in Rakhine province that is pushing out myriad Rohingya Muslims into Bangladesh.

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