Myanmar junta chief meets foreign leaders in Thailand

Myanmar’s junta chief met the leaders of India and Thailand during a regional summit in Bangkok on Friday, and the UN said his military was imposing mandatory conscription, following earlier exclusive reports that over 13,000 people avoided civil war.

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The Southeast Asian leaders’ initiative seeking common ground for a ceasefire and ignited rare foreign trip exploration, now opened by the earthquake set up by diplomats.

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

With a protracted civil war ravaging Myanmar since the coup, Modi called for a post-earthquake ceasefire in the country of 55 million people to be made permanent, on Indian foreign ministry spokesman Randhir Jaiswal said in a post on X.