Grand celebration: Min Aung Hlaing overseeing a military display at a parade ground in Naypyidaw to mark the country’s Independence Day. — AFP
MYANMAR’S junta chief has lashed out at countries for intervening in his country’s affairs while thanking others for “positively” cooperating, noting how it was working closely with neighbours such as China, India and Thailand.
The South-East Asian country has faced international isolation and Western-led sanctions since the military seized power from a democratically elected government led by Nobel laureate Aung Sang Suu Kyi nearly two years ago.
