Myanmar military chief makes first foreign trip since coup
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Yangon, April 24 : The head of the Myanmar military is set to meet international leaders on his first known foreign trip since the army took power in a coup on February 1.
General Min Aung Hlaing is to attend a summit of the South East Asian regional body Asean in Indonesia, the BBC reported.
The military seized power after claiming there had been voter fraud in the 2020 General Election.
Since then, more than 700 people have been killed in protests against the military government.
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Says agreement reached with junta on ending killings, accepting aid, ‘political transition’ Reuters, Jakarta Reuters, Jakarta
Southeast Asian leaders yesterday said they had agreed on a plan with Myanmar s junta chief to end the crisis in the violence-hit nation, but he did not explicitly respond to demands to halt the killing of civilian protesters. It s beyond our expectation, Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin told reporters after the leaders meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) that was also attended by Myanmar s Senior General Min Aung Hlaing. We tried not to accuse his side too much because we don t care who s causing it, Muhyiddin added. We just stressed that the violence must stop. For him, it s the other side that s causing the problems. But he agreed that violence must stop.