Myanmar: Military chief set to make first foreign trip since coup

The head of the Myanmar military is set to meet international leaders, in what will be his first known foreign trip since the army took power in a coup. 

General Min Aung Hlaing is scheduled to attend an Asean regional summit in the Indonesian capital Jakarta on Saturday. 

The military seized power on 1 February, claiming there had been voter fraud in the 2020 general election.

Since then, more than 700 people have been killed as many protested against the military government.

The talks in the Indonesian capital will be the first international effort to address the crisis and they will see leaders and foreign ministers from the 10-member Association of South East Asian Nations (Asean) attend. 

It is widely expected that Min Aung Hlaing will attend the summit in person – though this has not been confirmed.