Chinese foreign minister expected to visit Myanmar for regional talks
- Wang Yi will attend a meeting of foreign ministers from the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation group, junta spokesman tells AFP
- Trip hasn’t been confirmed by Beijing but would be the highest-profile visit by a Chinese official since last year’s coup
Wang will attend a meeting of foreign ministers from the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation group in Myanmar, junta spokesman Zaw Min Tun told Agence France-Presse on Tuesday.
But it was unclear whether Wang would meet junta chief Min Aung Hlaing during the trip, with the spokesman saying he was “not sure” if it would happen.
He said the foreign ministers of Cambodia, Thailand, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam would also attend the meeting, which runs from Saturday to Tuesday.
All are members of the group of countries that share the Mekong River, which is called the Lancang in China. The summit is to be held in Bagan, a Unesco World Heritage Site, according to Thailand’s foreign ministry.
Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian would not confirm Wang’s trip during a regular press briefing in Beijing on Tuesday, saying only that relevant information would be released “in due course”.