China to play constructive role on Myanmar issue
New
Delhi,
Nov
14:
China
has
said
that
it
will
continue
to
play
a
constructive
role
on
the
Myanmar
issue.Chinese
Foreign
Ministry
spokesman
Liu
Jianchao
was
quoted
by
the
official
Xinhua
news
agency
as
saying
that
China
always
supported
the
mediation
efforts
by
UN
Secretary
General
Ban
ki
Moon
and
his
special
envoy
Ibrahim
Gambari,
and
would
sincerely
like
to
see
a
peaceful,
stable,
democratic
and
developing
Myanmar.
Liu said it should be clearly understood that the Myanmar issue was very complicated and could not be thoroughly resolved through one or two rounds of mediation.
On the upcoming 11th meeting among leaders from the ASEAN (the Association of Southeast Asian Nations), China, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Liu said China would respect the views of related countries on whether to discuss the Myanmar issue at the meeting, stressing that the issue was essentially the internal affairs of Myanmar itself.
Myanmar's peace, stability, democracy, development and progress was in accord with the interests of China, the region at large, and in particular, those of the ASEAN countries, Liu said.
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