YANGON: China's special envoy met Myanmar's junta chief for talks on "peace and stability" along their shared border, Myanmar state media reported on Friday, days after ethnic rebels seized a regional mi
In this photo taken on Mar 9, 2023 members of ethnic rebel group Ta'ang National Liberation Army patrol near Namhsan Township in Myanmar 's northern Shan State. YANGON: China's special envoy met Myanmar 's junta chief for talks on"peace and stability" along their shared border, Myanmar state media reported on Friday, days after
Junta chief Min Aung Hlaing discussed"internal peace processes in Myanmar, peace and stability measures in the border region" with China's Deng Xijun in the capital Naypyidaw on Thursday, according to the Global New Light of Myanmar. Last week, an alliance of ethnic rebel groups captured the military's northeastern command in the town of Lashio, home to about 150,000 people.On Monday, Min Aung Hlaing said the alliance was receiving weapons, including drones and short-range missiles, from"foreign" sources that he did not identify.
Myanmar's borderlands are home to myriad ethnic armed groups who have battled the military since independence from Britain in 1948 for autonomy and control of lucrative resources.
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