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Shri K. Natwar Singh, Minister of External Affairs of India, accompanied by Mrs. Hem Natwar Singh visited Myanmar on a 3-day official visit at the invitation of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Myanmar, U Nyan Win. They were recived at the airport by Minister U Nyan Win, his wife, Daw Myint Myint Soe, and senior officials of the Government of the Union of Myanmar.
On arrival in Yangon, the Indian Foreign Minister remarked that he was looking forward to discussions with the Myanmar leadership and expressed confidence that his visit would impart renewed impulse to bilateral cooperation.
This visit to Myanmar by the External Affairs Minister of India took place after a gap of nearly three years. While in Yangon, Shri K. Natwar Singh called on Senior General Than Shwe, Chariman of the State Peace and Development Council and Prime Minister Lt. Gen. Soe Win. He also held discussions with his counterpart, U Nyan Win, covering a wide range of issues pertaining to the bilateral India-Myanmar relationship. The Ministers also exchanged views on regional and sub-regional issues of mutual interest.
On 26th March, Shri K. Natwar Singh traveled to Mandalay, where he interacted with the local Indian community. The External Affairs Minister, Mrs. Singh, and the Indian delegation left Yangon on 27th March.
Shri K. Natwar Singh, then Minister of State for External Affairs, had visited Myanmar in December 1987 as a member of the delegation of Prime Minister of India, Shri Rajiv Gandhi.
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