Overview
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Myanmar President U Min Aung Hlaing in New Delhi on Monday, June 1, and Indian officials issued a joint readout committing to deepen cooperation on trade, defence, connectivity and border security.
- Myanmar gave an explicit assurance that its territory will not be permitted to be used against India’s security interests, a pledge New Delhi highlighted as central to the talks on cross‑border insurgency and refugee flows.
- Both sides agreed to accelerate flagship links, including the Kaladan Multi‑Modal Transit Transport Project and the Kalewa–Yagyi segment of the India–Myanmar–Thailand Trilateral Highway, and to expand trade facilitation such as the Rupee–Kyat settlement mechanism.
- Modi raised the detention of Aung San Suu Kyi in the context of a Myanmar‑led peace process, and India offered to support dialogue and share experience on federal governance, economic development and capacity‑building programs.
- New Delhi framed the visit as pragmatic engagement that aims to protect India's northeast, boost regional connectivity and limit rival influence in Myanmar, with likely effects including faster project work, closer security cooperation and increased business links between the two countries.