Mr. Wang Yi, State Councilor and Minister of Foreign Affairs of China, has encouraged all political parties in Myanmar to prioritize the big picture and the interests of the people, take rational and pragmatic efforts, accommodate and understand each other, and take into account the reasonable demands of all parties so as to restore stability and achieve peace.
The Chinese minister’s remark is one of the three expectations for the settlement of the Myanmar Issue he outlined in meeting with Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mr. Prak Sokhonn on the situation in Myanmar in Bagan on July 3, the Chinese Embassy in Myanmar reported.
Mr. Prak Sokhonn introduced his visit to Myanmar as the Special Envoy of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) for Myanmar. Mr. Wang Yi appreciated Cambodia's active role in mediating the Myanmar issue since taking over the rotating chair of ASEAN, and mainly expounded on China's three expectations in this regard.
As the first expectation, the Chinese minister expressed China’s wish to make joint efforts with ASEAN to push Myanmar in pursuit of continuous political reconciliation within the framework of the constitution and laws.
For the second expectation, he said, China expects to make joint efforts with ASEAN to encourage Myanmar to restart the democratic transition process, realize the vision of returning power to the people, and explore a path of political development with Myanmar's characteristics and in line with Myanmar's national conditions.
Third, China expects ASEAN to uphold the "ASEAN way", stay committed to the basic principles and traditions of non-interference in internal affairs and the consensus-based approach, stay focused, remove distractions, engage in patient coordination, constructively implement the "five-point consensus" of ASEAN, and safeguard the overall solidarity and leading role of ASEAN, the Chinese minister said.
Chinese Foreign Minister Mr. Wang Yi is currently in Myanmar to attend the 7th Langcang-Mekong Cooperation Foreign Ministers Meetings in Bagan.
U Wunna Maung Lwin, Union Minister for Foreign Affairs of Myanmar, held a bilateral meeting with Mr. Wang Yi at the Bayintnaung Hall of Nanmyint Tower in Bagan on 3 July. Following the bilateral meeting, the two foreign ministers attended the ceremony to exchange some agreement including the exchange of Agreement of Cooperation on projects of the 2022 Lancang-Mekong Cooperation Special Fund between the government of Myanmar and the government of China.
