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April 7th, 2016 
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nsnbc : Newly elected President Htin Kyaw received Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. The parties agreed to continue developing bilateral relations in key areas, including commerce and security cooperation. Htin Kyaw was accompanied by Aung San Suu-Kyi who is widely considered as the de-facto president of Myanmar.
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Meeting President Htin Kyaw, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi conveyed his greetings from Chinese President Xi Jinping. During a joint press conference Wang Ji said “Myanmar has achieved a smooth transfer of the government and the Chinese leadership entrusted me with visiting this country at the first moment, highlighting the importance China attaches to the new government of Myanmar.”
The Chinese Foreign Minister expressed hopes that Myanmar’s ruling National League for Democracy will sincerely cooperate and join hands with all parties to open up a new future for the country. Wang Ji added that China always will pursue good neighborly policy toward Myanmar and is willing to develop the traditional friendly relations with Myanmar’s new government, strengthen the high-level exchanges, boost political trust and further deepen the comprehensive strategic cooperation between the two countries.
Wang Ji added that the two countries, which are joined by rivers and mountains and complementary in economy, are natural cooperation partners, and China, based on Myanmar’s actual development requirements, is willing to dovetail its own development strategies with those of Myanmar and actively exploit the further cooperation in the sectors of people’s livelihood, production capacity and infrastructure. The Chinese Foreign Minister also stressed that China is willing to play a positive role in pushing the peace talks between ethnic militia in Myanmar’s northern region, bordering China and the government.
Myanmar’s newly elected President Htin Kyaw responded by asking Wang Ji to convey his greeting to Chinese President Xi Jinping. Htin Kyaw added that Myanmar is highly appreciative of the China’s President Xi Jinping has sent a congratulatory message to him after his election. Htin Kyaw added that:
“The good proposals on boosting pragmatic cooperation between the two countries put forward by the Chinese foreign minister demonstrated China’s willingness to further develop relations with Myanmar.”
Htin Kyaw noted that the new government of Myanmar now has a lot of work ahead with regard to developing the country’s economy and improving people’s livelihood. He added that China and Myanmar have a great potential for cooperation. Myanmar’s new government is willing to work together with China to promote good relations between the countries, deepen cooperation in all fields, strengthen communication and collaboration in regional and international affairs, he said. Htin Kyaw also noted that Myanmar is also willing to continue cooperation with China so as to maintain peace and stability at the border areas between the two sides. Htin Kyaw was accompanied by Aung San Suu-Kyi who is widely considered as the de facto president of Myanmar. Stipulations in the country’s constitution prevented Suu-Kyi from being eligible as president because two of her children are British citizens.
Leaning towards the UK and the USA, the NLD, Htin Kyaw and Suu-Kyi are expected to implement a number of initiatives aimed at “reviving the country’s economy”. Most analysts who are cognizant of Suu-Kyi’s long-standing ties to Hillary Clinton, to the National Endowment for Democracy, and other U.S. State Department and CIA fronts expect a package of neo-liberalist initiatives from Htin Kyaw’s Cabinet.
Neo-liberalist initiatives that are likely to be implemented while attention is directed at the release of political prisoners. One of the most likely “initiatives to revive the economy” is the privatization of natural resources. Myanmar, and especially the notoriously conflict plagued Rakhine State is the most resource-rich region in the greater Mekong region.
Htin Kyaw succeeds General Thein Sein who implemented reforms that led to ceasefire agreements with many of the country’s ethnic militia and to the first multi-party elections with civilian candidates in five decades.
The military will continue to play a significant role in Myanmar’s politics, holding 25% of the seats in parliament and key ministerial portfolios. Most independent analysts consider Myanmar’s military as an important national institution that prevents external powers, western or eastern, from using the country’s rich ethnic fabric to destabilize the nation. Myanmar is the most resource-rich nation in the Greater Mekong Region.
The much-discussed and publicized conflict about Muslim Rohingya in Myanmar’s Rakhine State, for example, is being fueled by a divergence in Myanmar’s national interest on one hand, and a divergence in the energy-security requirements of Myanmar, Bangladesh, India, China, as well as non-regional players including the UK and USA.
CH/L – nsnbc 07.04.2016
Source Article from http://nsnbc.me/2016/04/07/china-myanmar-pledge-to-continue-developing-ties-in-commerce-and-security/
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