[mukto-mona] FW: China wants Myanmar to Keep Peace in Its Border : We Want the Same In Bangladesh Border--Asia Post editorial dated 28.10.09

 

 

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China wants Myanmar  to Keep Peace in Its Border : We Want the Same In Bangladesh Border
 

Reuters has reported that China’s premier is confident Myanmar will safeguard peace on its border, Chinese state media said on Sunday after violence erupted on the Myanmar side in August that pushed thousands of refugees into China. Chinese premier Wen Jiabao also pledged more financial aid to the reclusive military-ruled country during a meeting with his Myanmar counterpart, Thein Sein, in the Thai town of Hua Hin, according to the state media report of the closed-door meeting. China’s Xinhua state news agency said Wen believed Myanmar ‘could properly handle problems and safeguard peace and stability in the China-Myanmar border region’ after the two met on the sidelines of a summit of 16 Asia-Pacific leaders. In August, Myanmar’s army overran Kokang, a territory that lies along the border with the south-western Chinese province of Yunnan and was controlled for years by an ethnic Chinese militia that paid little heed to the central government. Many of the refugees were ethnic Chinese, some of them Chinese citizens, who complained their houses and businesses had been sacked and looted during the violence ‘To develop good neighbourly China-Myanmar relations with mutually beneficial cooperation conforms with the fundamental interests of the two countries and will be conducive to regional peace and stability,’ Wen told Thein Sein, Xinhua said.

 

We hope that Myanmar would act responsibly in all its borders. China has been benefactor of Myanmar, though at times it meant condoning serious human rights violations. Myanmar’s handling of Muslim ethnic minority in Akyab province bordering Bangladesh had been a festering problem for Bangladesh for three decades. There had been continuing refugee problem because of Myanmar administration’s high-handedness on the Muslim ethnic minority. We hope Chinese admonition will be taken seriously in all borders of Myanmar including Bangladesh border.
   

 

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