New Delhi, May 28 -- Myanmar President Min Aung Hlaing will arrive in India on Saturday for a visit, his first after the formation of a new government following elections in the neighbouring country, aimed at strengthening diplomatic and economic relations.

Hlaing, who will be in India from May 30 to June 3 with a high-level delegation comprising several cabinet ministers and business leaders, was earlier scheduled to visit New Delhi to participate in the International Big Cat Alliance Summit on June 1, which has been deferred.

Hlaing, who retired from the army in March to successfully contest Myanmar's presidential election, will hold talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on June 1 to further strengthen ties between the two countries...