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Myanmar’s President Min Aung Hlaing Set For Possible State Visit to Cambodia

The trip would be the former general’s sixth, and third to an ASEAN member state, since his appointment as president in April.

Myanmar’s President Min Aung Hlaing addresses a joint session of parliament in Naypyidaw, Myanmar, July 31, 2026.

Myanmar’s military-appointed President Min Aung Hlaing is set to continue his diplomatic charm offensive, with reports of a possible trip to Cambodia surfacing as he departed on a state visit to Russia.

The possible Cambodia visit was referenced yesterday in a post on the Facebook page of the country’s Senate, later surfaced by a local journalist, which showed officials including Senate Secretary General Lay Samkol inspecting the Senate building in preparation for a visit by Min Aung Hlaing “in the future.”

The trip has not yet been officially confirmed, and the post did not mention any dates.

If it eventuates, the visit to Cambodia would be Min Aung Hlaing’s third to an Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member state since taking office as president in April, after visits to Laos in early July and Thailand earlier this month.

In that time, Min Aung Hlaing has led a push for a normalization of Myanmar’s relationship with ASEAN, which has excluded it from its summits over its failure to implement the bloc’s Five-Point Consensus conflict resolution plan. This plan calls for a cessation of violence, access to humanitarian aid, and inclusive dialogue involving “all parties” to the country’s conflict.

The new government has taken an increasingly defiant line, dismissing the Consensus as an unwarranted “interference” in its internal affairs and demanding its full readmission to the 11-nation bloc. At the same time, it has sought to engage directly with willing ASEAN member states. Thailand in particular has been a close partner, brokering a meeting between Myanmar Foreign Minister Tin Maung Swe and hits ASEAN counterparts in Bangkok on July 12. During Min Aung Hlaing’s visit to Bangkok, Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul “reaffirmed” Thailand’s commitment “to supporting........

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