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Myanmar's former junta chief kicks off visit to China as civilian president

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomes Myanmar President Gen Min Aung Hlaing as he arrives for a meeting at the Hyderabad House in New Delhi on June 1, 2026. (Photo: Reuters)

BEIJING - Myanmar's Min ​Aung Hlaing arrived in Beijing on Monday for a five-day ​visit at the invitation of ‌Chinese leader Xi Jinping, China's state media reported, marking his first trip to the world's second-largest economy since being elected president.

Gen Min Aung Hlaing, 69, the former junta ​chief who ⁠was the architect of a 2021 coup that led to civil war in Myanmar and a wave of international sanctions, was ‌elected president in early April by a parliament packed with military loyalists.

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