China has pledged to help Myanmar’s new government to engage more with multilateral platforms and eradicate telecoms scam operations.
Capping a five-day trip to Southeast Asia on the weekend, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told Min Aung Hlaing, Myanmar’s junta leader-turned-president, on Saturday that China “firmly supports Myanmar in safeguarding its national sovereignty, security and territorial integrity”.
“This year marks the first year of Myanmar’s new government. Both sides should seize this opportunity to carry forward their traditional friendship and open up new prospects for bilateral relations,” Wang said in the capital city Naypyidaw, according to a Chinese foreign ministry statement.
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Min Aung Hlaing was sworn in as president earlier this month after Myanmar’s military-dominated legislature elected him as president on April 3.
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Myanmar frees Win Myint, cuts Aung San Suu Kyi’s prison term in broad-ranging amnesty deal
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