BEIJING: Beijing has called for a ceasefire in Myanmar after a coalition of ethnic fighters seized several crossings along the country s border with China in the past month.
JAKARTA: Indonesia said on Friday it had hosted positive talks with the main parties of the Myanmar conflict in a bid to kickstart a stuttering peace process almost three years after the military ousted the country s democratically elected government in a coup.
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YANGON, Myanmar: The head of the Russian navy met Myanmar s junta chief ahead of joint naval exercises that began on Tuesday, the Southeast Asian nation s state media said, the first combined drills by the two countries at loggerheads with the West.