The Ministry of External Affairs of India officially announced that Min Aung Hlaing has not been invited to the Beating Retreat Ceremony of 73rd Republic Day of India which will be held on 26th January 2022, confirming the information to be fake news.
Arindam Bagchi, the spokesperson of the Ministry stated that “we found out about the news of the addition of Min Aung Hlaing to the list of visitors to the Republic Day 2022 ceremony through other sources and we confirm that this information is not based upon real time data.”
Min Aung Hlaing has been facing rejections from ASEAN meetings including the ASEAN-China meeting which was held on the 22nd of November, 2021.
