Myanmar's President Htin Kyaw, left, accompanies India Prime Minister Narendra Modi, right, as they inspect the honor guard during a welcome ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Tuesday, Sept 5, 2017. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo) 
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PM Narendra Modi's first bilateral visit to Myanmar

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Myanmar's capital Naypyidaw on Wednesday. PM Modi met Myanmar President Htin Kyaw on his first bilateral visit to the country.

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Myanmar's President Htin Kyaw, right, speaks with India PM Narendra Modi, left, during their meeting at the Presidential Palace in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo)
Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, left, greets Narendra Modi, right, on his arrival at the Presidential Palace in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Wednesday, Sept 6, 2017. (AP Photo)
Aung San Suu Kyi, right, speaks with Narendra Modi, left, at the Presidential Palace in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Wednesday, Sept 6, 2017. (AP Photo)
Myanmar's President Htin Kyaw, right, India Prime Minister Narendra Modi, centre, and Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, left, listen to the national anthem during a dinner in honour of Modi at the Presidential palace in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Tuesday, Sept 5, 2017. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo)
Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, right, and India Prime Minister Narendra Modi, left, listen during the ceremony their Memorandum of understanding (MOU) at the Presidential Palace in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Wednesday, Sept 6, 2017. (AP Photo)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, right, plants a banyan tree sapling while Minister of Religion and Culture Thura Aung Ko, left, prays during a visit to the Shwedagon pagoda, Thursday, Sept. 7, 2017, in Yangon, Myanmar. (AP Photo)
PM Narendra Modi, center, walks along with Myanmar officials as he leaves the giant bell at the Shwedagon pagoda Thursday, Sept. 7, 2017, in Yangon, Myanmar. (AP Photo)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi talks to journalists after a Memorandum of Understanding ceremony at the President House in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Wednesday, Sept 6, 2017. (AP Photo)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi pays respects as he visits Shwedagon pagoda in Yangon, Myanmar Thursday, Sept. 7, 2017. (AP Photo)

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