YANGON: Myanmar´s embattled junta chief and China´s foreign minister on Wednesday discussed security along their shared border where ethnic minority armed groups have captured territory from the Myanmar military in recent weeks, junta media said.
China is a major ally and arms supplier to the junta but analysts say it also maintains ties with ethnic armed groups fighting the military in Myanmar´s northern Shan state.
The meeting in the capital Naypyidaw was the first between Wang Yi and Min Aung Hlaing, chief of the junta that seized power in 2021 when it deposed the government of Aung San Suu Kyi.
The two discussed “stability of the border regions,” according to a junta readout of the meeting.
Myanmar´s northern Shan state has been the site of repeated clashes since late June after an alliance of ethnic rebel groups renewed an offensive against the military along a vital trade highway to China.
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