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President Ram Nath Kovind

President Ram Nath Kovind will go to Myanmar on a five-day official visit from December 10.

During his tour, President Kovind will interact with his Myanmar counterpart U Win Myint and State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, according to an official announcement made in this regard on Tuesday.

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โ€œThrough this visit, the President will reaffirm Indiaโ€™s commitment to developing its important partnership with Myanmar,โ€ the official statement of the External Affairs Ministry informed.

โ€œThis is a country where Indiaโ€™s Act East and Neighbourhood First policies intersect; it is also the only Asean (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) member state that is both a land and maritime neighbour of India,โ€ it further stated.

India has been increasing its engagements with Southeast Asia under New Delhiโ€™s Act East Policy.

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India is also a key development aid partner of Myanmar and is working on some major infrastructure projects in that country, including the India-Myanmar-Thailand trilateral highway and the Kaladan multimodal transport project connecting Sittwe port with Mizoram.

โ€œIn the past three years, political, economic and defence ties with Myanmar have grown rapidly,โ€ the External Affairs Ministry statement also said.

It stated that Kovindโ€™s visit was expected to maintain the momentum generated by Prime Minister Narendra Modiโ€™s visit to Myanmar in September 2017 and the visit of Suu Kyi to New Delhi in January 2018 for the India-Asean Commemorative Summit.

A joint statement will be issued during the visit and several agreements will be signed, the communiquรฉ also stated.