Dhaka, March 29 -- Myanmar's junta chief Min Aung Hlaing wants to hold a bilateral meeting with Bangladesh's Chief Adviser Professor Muhammed Yunus on the sidelines of a regional leaders' summit in Thailand next week.

Reuters says Min Aung Hlaing will join the April 3-4 summit in Bangkok of the BIMSTEC grouping of mostly South Asian countries. BIMSTEC, or the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation, includes Thailand, Myanmar, India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Bhutan.

Three sources with direct knowledge told Reuters that the Myanmar delegation is seeking bilateral meetings with leaders and top officials, including Professor Muhammed Yunus and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

"They have ...