India is likely to send a team to monitor a general election in Myanmar scheduled to be held in December, and Myanmar state-run media says that New Delhi has signaled its support for the election. Some reports say that India’s foreign ministry has stated that PM Modi hoped the upcoming elections in Myanmar would be “held in a fair and inclusive manner involving all stakeholders.”
Myanmar’s military chief Min Aung Hlaing met with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in China, a rare international engagement for the general, who had largely been shunned by foreign leaders since leading a coup in 2021.
At the meeting, they exchanged views on measures to ensure peace and stability in the border regions of both countries, trade promotion, and the enhancement of friendship and cooperation, according to the state-run Global New Light of Myanmar newspaper.
Myanmar plans to hold the initial phase of the first general election since the coup on December 28, as part of voting that a military-backed interim administration is seeking to conduct in more than 300 constituencies nationwide, including areas currently held by opposition armed groups.
