India, Aug. 31 -- India hopes the upcoming elections in Myanmar will be fair and inclusive with the involvement of all stakeholders, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told the head of Myanmar's ruling junta, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, when they met on the margins of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in China.

Hlaing, chairman of the State Security and Peace Commission of Myanmar, is among leaders invited as special guests to the summit by China. The unrest in Myanmar since the military ousted the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi in a 2021 coup has triggered concern in India, especially in view of security implications for the country's northeastern region.

Modi told Hlaing that India attaches importance to its tie...