{"id":531005,"date":"2026-04-03T13:31:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T10:31:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=531005"},"modified":"2026-04-03T14:59:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T11:59:25","slug":"lukashenka-congratulates-myanmar-junta-leader-on-election-as-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/lukashenka-congratulates-myanmar-junta-leader-on-election-as-president","title":{"rendered":"Lukashenka Congratulates Myanmar Junta Leader On Election As President"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><b>Alyaksandr Lukashenka<\/b> congratulated <b>Min Aung Hlaing<\/b> on his election as president of Myanmar.<\/p>\n<p>Today, the junta leader who seized power in a 2021 coup was elected president by a parliament dominated by the Union Solidarity and Development Party and military appointees.<\/p>\n<p><em><i>&#8220;I am convinced that your rich experience as a statesman, as well as your professional and personal qualities, will allow you to successfully lead Myanmar and ensure the country&#8217;s stability and socio-economic development,&#8221;<\/i><\/em> the congratulatory message said.<\/p>\n<p>Lukashenka also noted the active momentum in Belarus-Myanmar relations seen throughout 2025. Last year, he and Min Aung Hlaing exchanged visits. The message also confirmed Belarus&#8217;s intention to implement the agreements reached in order to further strengthen ties with Myanmar and expressed hope for new meetings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alyaksandr Lukashenka congratulated Min Aung Hlaing on his election as president of Myanmar. Today, the junta leader who seized power in a 2021 coup was elected president by a parliament dominated by the Union Solidarity and Development Party and military appointees. &#8220;I am convinced that your rich experience as a statesman, as well as your [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":531004,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sharing_image":{"poster":"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/69cfaba2c4d71.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"template":"691142dd","mode":"auto"},"_sharing_image_fieldset":{"dTVKfmI95PYT":"Lukashenka Congratulates Myanmar Junta Leader On Election As President"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[142338,143090],"tags":[143118],"class_list":["post-531005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-politics","tag-belarus"],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/531005","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/119"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=531005"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/531005\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/531004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=531005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=531005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=531005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}