YANGON: Myanmar's embattled junta chief and China's foreign minister on Wednesday (Aug 13) discussed security along their shared border where ethnic minority armed groups have captured territory from th
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.
Min Aung Hlaing and Wang also"discussed and exchanged views openly regarding ... free and fair multi-party general elections," according to the junta.The junta has pushed back a timetable for elections multiple times and last year banned the widely popular National League for Democracy of Suu Kyi.Clashes between the military and ethnic armed groups in Shan state continued on Wednesday.
AFP has contacted the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army , another group fighting in northern Shan for comment.The capture of the regional command - the first by opponents of the junta since theMin Aung Hlaing later said the alliance was receiving weapons, including drones and short-range missiles, from"foreign" sources that he did not identify.Dozens of civilians have been killed or wounded in the recent fighting, according to the junta and local rescue groups.
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