{"id":46006,"date":"2025-04-04T09:27:29","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T09:27:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/?p=46006"},"modified":"2025-04-04T09:29:26","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T09:29:26","slug":"myanmar-junta-chief-meets-foreign-leaders-in-bangkok-as-earthquake-toll-tops-3100","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/?p=46006","title":{"rendered":"Myanmar junta chief meets foreign leaders in Bangkok as earthquake toll tops 3,100"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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BANGKOK, April 4 – Myanmar’s ostracised junta leader met the prime ministers of India and Thailand during a regional summit in Bangkok on Friday, a week after an earthquake devastated parts of his impoverished, war-torn nation, killing more than 3,100 people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shunned by most world leaders since leading a 2021 coup that overthrew an elected government, Min Aung Hlaing’s rare foreign trip exploits a window opened by the earthquake to ramp up, opens new tab<\/a> diplomacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the sidelines of the BIMSTEC summit, Min Aung Hlaing had two-way meetings with Thai premier Paetongtarn Shinawatra and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, with recovery from the quake a common topic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With a protracted civil war ravaging Myanmar since the coup, Modi called for an ongoing post-earthquake ceasefire in the country of 55 million people to be made permanent, an Indian foreign ministry spokesman said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Political resolution to the conflict is the only way forward, starting with inclusive and credible elections,” spokesman Randhir Jaiswal said in a post on X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myanmar’s junta announced a temporary ceasefire on Wednesday till April 22 in operations against armed opponents, reflecting moves by a major rebel alliance and a shadow government that includes parts of the previous administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before the quake, Myanmar’s junta had been pushing ahead with a plan to hold a general election<\/a> in December, though critics have derided this as a sham to keep the generals in power through proxies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Min Aung Hlaing’s recent state visits to China and Russia have created new incentives for India to dial up its own engagement,” Singapore-based analyst Angshuman Choudhury saidThe U.S. president has hit Beijing with a cumulative new levy of 54%. And that\u2019s a problem for Apple, which makes nearly all its phones in China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Moreover, under Modi, India has pitched itself as a humanitarian first responder in the region \u2013 so post-earthquake disaster relief becomes an easy pivot for a direct meeting.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The junta leader’s discussions with the Thai prime minister included disaster prevention and transnational crime, Thai officials said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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