US Opens Direct Talks With Myanmar Junta
The Trump administration has opened high-level talks with Myanmar’s military-installed government, reversing years of US efforts to isolate the junta. The outreach seeks cooperation against scam centers and the release of an American businessman, while potentially expanding to rare-earth minerals; junta leader Min Aung Hlaing remains under US sanctions for human rights abuses.
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About Min Aung Hlaing
Min Aung Hlaing is a Burmese politician and retired military officer who has been the 11th president of Myanmar since April 2026, having ruled the country continuously since seizing power in February 2021 through a military coup d'état against the elected government. Prior to the start of his nominally civilian presidency, he was a military ruler under various titles. He was appointed the commander-in-chief of Defence Services—the leader of the Tatmadaw—in 2011 and remained in that post through the period of military rule, until stepping down in 2026 to become the president.
Everything about Min Aung Hlaing →- Occupation
- military officer, politician, military leader, military personnel
- Position held
- Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services, Chairman of the State Administration Council, Prime Minister of Myanmar, President of Myanmar
- Citizenship
- Myanmar
- Born
- July 3, 1956