CHINA PUSHES MYANMAR TO SIGN KACHIN CEASE FIRE (RFA NEWS) ------------------------------------------------- State Councilor Yang Jiechi raised the issue of the Kachin conflict during talks with Myanmar President Thein Sein in the capital Naypyidaw, according to the official Chinese Xinhua news agency. Yang, who was foreign minister until his new appointment in March, also promised during talks with Myanmar lawmakers to deliver some U.S. $100 million in loans to aid Myanmar’s agricultural sector, which employs nearly two-thirds of the country’s population, a lawmaker told RFA’s Myanmar Service. Yang pressed Thein Sein to “maintain the trend of peace talks and reach [a] cease-fire agreement as early as possible to realize eternal peace and stability in the north and China-Myanmar border areas,” the Xinhua report said. He said that China, which is home to a large Kachin minority community, would continue to play a supportive role in the peace process.
Posted on: Tue, 02 Jul 2013 02:18:41 +0000
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