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China, Myanmar vow to strengthen ties, cooperation

China, Myanmar vow to strengthen ties, cooperation

TIL Desk/World/Laos/ Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi met Minister for International Cooperation of Myanmar, U. Kyaw Tin here on Sunday, with both sides agreeing to strengthen bilateral ties and cooperation at all sectors.  Both Wang and U. Kyaw Tin are here to attend the fourth Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) foreign ministers’ meeting to beheld on Monday.

China is ready to be Myanmar’s reliable partner of cooperation, promote high-level exchanges, strengthen cooperation on the Belt and Road Initiative and enrich the content of China-Myanmar comprehensive strategic partnership of cooperation, said Wang. Both sides should actively implement the recently-signed memorandum of understanding (MoU) to jointly build the China-Myanmar Economic Corridor, improve related plans and push forward major projects, Wang noted.

China will also support Myanmar to properly solve the northern Myanmar issue following the “Panglong spirit,” said Wang. On the Rakhine issue,China hopes that Myanmar and Bangladesh will maintain communication and cooperation and realize repatriation of the first batch of displaced persons from Bangladesh at an early date. To this end, China will provide necessary assistance and related organisations of the UN should also play a constructive role, he added.

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