PM Modi and Min Aung Hlaing Hold Bilateral Summit at Hyderabad House — India Rescues 2,400+ Citizens from Myanmar Scam Centers; Myanmar Pledges Soil Won't Be Used Against India

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Myanmar President Min Aung Hlaing held bilateral talks at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on June 1, 2026 — the highest-level direct India-Myanmar summit since the February 2021 coup. The meeting is the centrepiece of Min Aung Hlaing's five-day state visit (May 30–June 3), his first foreign trip as civilian president following his April 10, 2026 inauguration. The summit covered: (1) Bilateral trade — India-Myanmar trade reached $1.95 billion in FY2025-26, covering agricultural goods, electronics, and consumer products, with both sides agreeing to expand sectoral cooperation; (2) Border security and anti-insurgency cooperation along the Manipur/Nagaland-Myanmar border — a top Indian priority given persistent cross-border insurgent flows from Sagaing Region; (3) Connectivity infrastructure including the Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Project (KMMTTP) — India's $484M corridor linking India's northeast to Sittwe port, now running through Arakan Army-controlled Rakhine State territory — with discussion of how to secure the corridor's operability; (4) Defense cooperation under the IMCOR and IMNEX India-Myanmar military frameworks; (5) Cybercrime and human trafficking — India highlighted its rescue of over 2,400 Indian nationals from Myanmar-based online scam compounds in the past 18 months; and (6) Drug trafficking and border management under India's northeast security agenda. Myanmar formally pledged that its soil would not be used against India — a core demand from New Delhi addressing Naga and Manipuri insurgent rear bases historically operating from Myanmar's Sagaing border zones. India's PM Modi framed Myanmar as central to its 'Neighbourhood First,' 'Act East,' and 'MAHASAGAR' Indo-Pacific policies, positioning it as a 'land bridge to Southeast Asia.' For Min Aung Hlaing, India becomes the first major South Asian democracy to grant him a full bilateral summit as president — a diplomatic legitimization that rights organizations and Myanmar's parallel NUG condemned. The NUG Foreign Affairs Ministry characterized the summit as 'undermining international accountability for the junta's atrocity campaign,' noting the meeting occurred while the SAC's Chin State offensive continued to displace tens of thousands and airstrike deaths remained at record rates. Min Aung Hlaing is scheduled to visit Mumbai on June 2 for a business and industry forum before concluding his state visit on June 3.