Myanmar's citizens go to the polls in an effort to sustain the fledgling democracy they helped install just five years ago
Gen M M Naravane and Foreign Secretary Shringla called on Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and discussed a wide range of "important" bilateral areas
Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi raised her party's flag at its office in the capital Tuesday to start an election campaign that may be disrupted by a resurgence of the coronavirus
Suu Kyi was barred from becoming president by a clause in the constitution that was enacted under a previous military government
The leaders discussed the evolving Covid-19 scenario in the domestic and regional contexts and updated each other on the steps being taken to control the spread of the pandemic
Suu Kyi was an ardent critic of military rule during her decades-long Nobel Peace prize-winning nonviolent struggle for democracy
Once regarded as an international rights icon for standing up to Myanmar's brutal junta, Suu Kyi's reputation has been tarnished by her decision to side with the military over the Rohingya crisis
The 74-year-old's international reputation has been tarnished by her silence over the plight of the Rohingya, and her defence of the same generals who once kept her under house arrest.
But Suu Kyi was at pains to say Myanmar was still open for business
Suu Kyi and the National League for Democracy (NLD) swept to power in 2015 in a landslide victory ending decades of military rule
Aung Sun Suu Kyi is now seen as an enabler of ethnic cleansing and genocide
Nearly 700,000 Rohingya have fled Myanmar's troubled Rakhine state for Bangladesh since authorities launched a brutal crackdown six months ago that the UN has called "ethnic cleansing"
The city council will hold a special meeting to confirm that the honour is removed on November 27
She has mastered the art of speaking in multiple voices. For a laureate it's embarrassing
I want peace and harmony in Rakhine, asserts Aung San Suu Kyi
She will call on the President Pranab Mukherjee and also meet PM Modi and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj
External Affairs Ministry said Suu Kyi, who will be here at the invitation of Modi, will pay a State Visit to India from Oct 17-19
She said that national reconciliation in Myanmar, an ethnically diverse country, is her government's highest priority
This will be Suu Kyi's first visit to China as a government representative
Suu Kyi will be welcomed by Chinese President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Li Keqiang