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BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar's junta first on Monday A high-level regional conference since last year, when Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and the Associated Press counterparts of the Associated Press and the military came into power.
The state broadcaster MRTV is the Lankan Mekong Cooperation Group Conference held by the King on the theme of "Solidarity for Peace and Prosperity" in Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, Reported that he met a colleague in Vietnam. Is located in the center of Bagan, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Television reports showed that the king and other foreign ministers were hitting their elbows at a show of solidarity before the start of the meeting, but provided no further details.
Grouping is a China-led initiative, the Mekong Delta, a potential source of regional tensions due to an increase in the number of hydropower projects that are turning the tide and raising concerns about damage to ecosystems. Includes countries. China has built 10 dams along the top of Mekong, a part called Lankan.
China has been criticized for dams upstream of the Mekong River that affect water levels and fisheries downstream that are important to the economies of some Southeast Asian countries.
A military government spokesman, Maj. Gen. Zaw Min Tun, said last Friday that the minister was expected to sign several agreements. He said the existence of the Foreign Minister was the recognition of Myanmar's sovereignty and its government.
China is Myanmar's largest trading partner and old ally. Beijing, like Russia, is a major arms supplier, investing billions of dollars in Myanmar's mines, oil and gas pipelines and other infrastructure.
Many in Myanmar suspect China is in favor of military takeovers, and Beijing refuses to blame the military for gaining power. China states that it follows a policy of not interfering with the problems of other countries.
The National Unity Government of Myanmar in the shadow of Myanmar, which opposes the ruling military council, such efforts in cooperation with Myanmar's army violate the will of the people and build a community. He protested the Bagan conference, saying it would hurt.
He said the holding of the meeting in Myanmar was the exact opposite of the peace plan by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. Myanmar's rulers have hampered ASEAN's efforts to organize talks with exiled private leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who was recently transferred to lonely detention.
The expulsion of Soo Chi in February 2021 triggered widespread peaceful protests, quickly developing into armed resistance, and the country fell into what some UN experts consider to be a civil war. ..
According to a statement from China's Foreign Ministry, Wang met with Cambodia's Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn, who is also Myanmar's ASEAN special envoy, on Sunday.
According to the statement, China will work with ASEAN to promote Myanmar to pursue political reconciliation, resume the democratic transition process, and realize the vision of returning power to the people. Expecting to encourage that, the king told Praxocon. China said it is helping Myanmar in finding a development path that suits its situation.
The state newspaper Myamma Allin Daily reported that the King also met with Myanmar's Foreign Minister Wunna Maung Lwin on Sunday to discuss the implementation of the bilateral project and closer cooperation.
The King said China will support Myanmar to protect Myanmar's legitimate interests and national dignity on the international stage, according to China's Xinhua News Agency.
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