Myanmar junta chief discusses civil war with key ally China


Myanmar's military chief Min Aung Hlaing (left) shaking hands with China's Primier Li Qiang ahead of a dinner reception during the Greater Mekong Subregion Summit in Kunming on Nov 6. - AFP

YANGON: Myanmar's junta chief has held talks with Premier Li Qiang of key ally China on the civil war roiling his country, state media said Thursday (Nov 7) during his first visit to the country since seizing power in a 2021 coup.

Min Aung Hlaing told Li at a meeting in the southwestern city of Kunming that the military was ready for peace if armed groups would engage, according to an account of the meeting in the Global New Light of Myanmar (GNLM).

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