China Urges Myanmar Junta To Hold Talks With Rivals Myanmar
Beijing is one of the few international allies of Myanmar’s military, which supplies weapons and refuses to call the power grab that toppled Aung San Suu Kyi’s government a coup. Wang Yi, the foreign minister, said China expects all parties in Myanmar to “observe rational consultation” and “try to achieve political reconciliation.” Wang also told his counterpart, Wunna Maung Lwin, that “China sincerely hopes that Myanmar will be politically and socially stable,” according to a statement on the foreign ministry’s website....