near Kyaukphyu. (Photo: Directorate of Public Relations and Psychological Warfare)|The Navy conducts fleet exercises off the coast of Manaung Island
near Kyaukphyu. (Photo: Directorate of Public Relations and Psychological Warfare)|The Navy conducts fleet exercises off the coast of Manaung Island
near Kyaukphyu. (Photo: Directorate of Public Relations and Psychological Warfare)|The Navy conducts fleet exercises off the coast of Manaung Island
near Kyaukphyu. (Photo: Directorate of Public Relations and Psychological Warfare)|The Navy conducts fleet exercises off the coast of Manaung Island
near Kyaukphyu. (Photo: Directorate of Public Relations and Psychological Warfare)|The Navy conducts fleet exercises off the coast of Manaung Island
near Kyaukphyu. (Photo: Directorate of Public Relations and Psychological Warfare)|The Navy conducts fleet exercises off the coast of Manaung Island
The Navy conducts fleet exercises off the coast of Manaung Island
near Kyaukphyu. (Photo: Directorate of Public Relations and Psychological Warfare)|The Navy conducts fleet exercises off the coast of Manaung Island
near Kyaukphyu. (Photo: Directorate of Public Relations and Psychological Warfare)|The Navy conducts fleet exercises off the coast of Manaung Island
near Kyaukphyu. (Photo: Directorate of Public Relations and Psychological Warfare)|The Navy conducts fleet exercises off the coast of Manaung Island
near Kyaukphyu. (Photo: Directorate of Public Relations and Psychological Warfare)|The Navy conducts fleet exercises off the coast of Manaung Island
near Kyaukphyu. (Photo: Directorate of Public Relations and Psychological Warfare)|The Navy conducts fleet exercises off the coast of Manaung Island
near Kyaukphyu. (Photo: Directorate of Public Relations and Psychological Warfare)|The Navy conducts fleet exercises off the coast of Manaung Island
RANGOON — As President Thein Sein received a coterie of political leaders and ethnic representatives in Naypyidaw on Wednesday, Commander-in-Chief Snr-Gen Min Aung Hlaing was conspicuously absent, instead presiding over Navy exercises off the coast of Arakan State.
Wednesday’s combined fleet exercise, codenamed Sea Shield, practiced maneuvers near Manaung Island. According to the state-run newspaper Myanma Alin Daily, 22 ships and 1186 soldiers participated in the drill.
Deputy Commander-in-Chief Lt-Gen Soe Win attended Naypyidaw’s 48-party meeting in Snr-Gen Min Aung Hlaing’s stead. Both military leaders attended the last meeting of 48 government leaders and ethnic parliamentarians held in mid-January.
The commander-in-chief is expected to return to Naypyidaw in time for six-party talks with the president, parliamentary speakers and opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Friday.
