Min Aung Hlaing elected by parliament as president earlier this month after election derided as a sham.
Min Aung Hlaing seeks to 'enhance' international relations and ties with ASEAN after coup plunged Myanmar into chaos.
Min Aung Hlaing receives enough votes to pass the majority threshold and become the country's president.
Myanmar’s junta chief Min Aung Hlaing won a parliamentary vote on Friday to become the country’s president, formalising his grip on political power in the war-torn nation five years after he ousted an elected government. His transition from top general to civilian president follows a recent lopsided election won overwhelmingly by an army-backed party, which critics and Western governments derided as a sham to perpetuate military rule behind a veneer of democracy. The 69-year-old general...
General Min Aung is set to be chosen as the next president by the newly-elected parliament.