President Min Aung Hlaing will visit China for talks with his counterpart Xi Jinping, Beijing said.
Hlaing, whose government has pledged to step up trade with China, will visit from tomorrow until Friday, according to the Chinese foreign ministry.
“China looks forward to working with Myanmar, through President Min Aung Hlaing’s visit, to ... deepen comprehensive strategic cooperation,” ministry spokesman Lin Jian told a regular news conference on Friday.
Myanmar has been diplomatically isolated since a 2021 military coup that ousted the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi.
The nation’s armed forces have been battling an array of opposition factions since the coup.
Fearing political collapse in Myanmar – with which it shares a porous, 2,100km border – China has sought to rein in rebel groups fighting the military.
Beijing also enthusiastically backed elections that delivered a walkover win this year for the military’s allies in civilian politics.
After five years ruling as armed forces chief, Hlaing was sworn in as civilian president in April, in a transition democracy monitors dismissed as a rebranding of military rule. — AFP
