Sushma Swaraj's Myanmar trip will be first high profile Indian visit since Suu Kyi's party won polls.
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj arrived here today to hold talks with the top Myanmarese leadership, including State Counsellor and Foreign Minister Aung San Suu Kyi, in pursuance of India's 'Act East Policy'.
The one-day trip by Ms Swaraj, accompanied by Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar and other senior Ministry officials, is the first high profile Indian visit after Ms Suu Kyi's party National League for Democracy won a historic landslide election last year that finally brought an end to five decades of military rule.
Ms Swaraj will call on President U Htin Kyaw, apart from meeting pro-democracy icon Ms Suu Kyi, who is the de facto leader.
Banned from becoming president by a junta-era constitution, Ms Suu Kyi has a strong control over the country's first civilian-led government.
The Myanmar constitution effectively bans Ms Suu Kyi from the top post as it rules out anyone with foreign-born children or spouses from becoming president - the Nobel laureate married and had two sons with a British national.
The military also retains control of the key home, defence and border affairs ministries, while 25 per cent of all parliamentary seats are reserved for unelected soldiers. Incidentally, Ms Swaraj's visit comes just days after Suu Kyi made a high-profile trip to China.
The discussions between Ms Swaraj and Ms Suu Kyi are expected to focus on New Delhi's bilateral relations with Nay Pyi Daw, as well as plans for the upcoming BRICS-BIMSTEC Outreach Summit to be held in Goa. Security issues concerning certain Myanmar-based militant groups operating in India's North East could also come up for discussion.
India and Myanmar share close relations with a robust development co-operation programme in areas such as agriculture, IT, human resource development, infrastructure development, culture among others.
The visit re-affirms India's commitment to heighten partnership with Myanmar in the areas of priority by the new government of Myanmar, External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Vikas Swarup said.