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BEIJING, (APP/AFP) – Myanmar’s de facto leader Aung
San Suu Kyi expects China to support historic peace talks with armed
groups near the countries’ troubled joint border, she said Friday
during a landmark visit.
“We do believe that as a good neighbour China will do
everything possible to promote our peace process,” Suu Kyi told
reporters in Beijing ahead of meeting China’s President Xi
Jinping.
“China, as a neighbour which shares a very important border
along which there are many ethnic armed groups, is important in
its goodwill,” she added.
Myanmar will hold a long-planned conference with armed ethnic
groups later this month, as Suu Kyi targets peace as a prelude to
rebooting the economy after her party won a landslide election
victory.