BEIJING - China supports Myanmar in finding its own path to development and urges the international community to respect its sovereignty and help it achieve peace and reconciliation, China's foreign ministry said on Wednesday (May 3). Myanmar had been largely shunned by Western countries since its military overthrew an elected government led by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu...
Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang attends the opening ceremony of the Lanting Forum in Shanghai, China on April 21.BEIJING - China supports Myanmar in finding its own path to development and urges the international community to respect its sovereignty and help it achieve peace and reconciliation, China's foreign ministry said on Wednesday .
Neighbouring China, however, has maintained close ties with Myanmar's generals as Foreign Minister Qin Gang making a rare trip to Myanmar as a senior foreign official, met junta chief Min Aung Hlaing in Naypyitaw on Tuesday. China supported Myanmar in "advancing its political transition process and backs relevant parties ... to properly address differences and seek national reconciliation under the constitutional and legal framework", Qin said.
Myanmar has been rocked by violence since the coup with pro-democracy activists taking up arms, in some places alongside ethnic minority forces fighting for self-determination, to battle the well-equipped army.China is a major buyer of Myanmar's resources, including jade, tin and timber while it has occasionally had to take in refugees spilling across the border from fighting between insurgents and Myanmar government forces.
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