Than Shwe in India.

The Junta chief chief Than Shwe is visitng India and he is going to meet PM Singh. He got red carpet treatment from India. India's state-run oil firms ONGC Videsh, the overseas arm of Oil and Natural Gas Corp, and and GAIL have a 30 percent stake in two gas-producing blocks in Myanmar as part of a consortium which is supplying the hydrocarbon gas that goes to China. Officials said the two companies -- which will continue to pursue hydrocarbon interests in Myanmar -- are also part of the pipeline project which will link the two blocks to China. The total investment by the state companies is around $1 billion
Once a staunch supporter of Myanmar's democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, India began engaging the junta in the mid-1990s as security, energy and strategic priorities began to override concerns over democracy and human rights.Sad story.