India is likely to sign a wide range of agreements and memorandums of understanding with Myanmar to further strengthen the bilateral relationship between the two countries during the forthcoming visit of Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh to Myanmar beginning on Sunday.

These will include bilateral cooperation in the fields of security, connectivity, Infrastructure development, trade, investment promotion and Capacity building. There will be agreements in the areas of Human resource development and people to people contact besides academic exchanges between the two countries.

Briefing media in New Delhi on the visit of prime Minister, the Foreign Secretary Mr Ranjan Mathai said Dr Manmohan Singh's visit is following the successful visit of the Myanmar's President Mr Thei Sein in October last year. He said the visit comes at a time when Myanmar is undergoing rapid transformations. 

Mr Mathai hoped that the visit will enable India to build a new foundation of multifaceted relationship with Myanmar which was laid during the state visit of Mr Thein Sein last year. The Foreign Secretary also informed that Dr Manmohan Singh will be accompanied by the Minister of External Affairs Mr S M Krishna and senior officials. A delegation of Indian CEOs is also visiting Myanmar the same time.

This is the first visit of Prime Minister to Myanmar in 25 years. The last visit was by the then Prime Minister shr Rajeev Gandhi in 1987.

Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh will inaugurate the Conference of Chief Ministers’ on Internal Security . Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram will deliver the opening address.

 the meeting will review the internal security situation in the country. Police Reforms, capacity building and focus on ongoing and new initiatives are high on the agenda of the meeting.

 other issues to be deliberated upon include strengthening of counter terrorism capabilities and intelligence apparatus, Crime and Criminal Tracking Network & System (CCTNS), and issues related to Left Wing Extremism, border management and coastal security. Discussions on other Centre-State issues are also to be taken up in the meeting.