Chinese foreign minister meets Myanmar junta chief

Members of the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) take part in a training exercise at their base camp in the forest in Shan State. The TNLA is one of around a dozen ethnic rebel groups in Myanmar’s borderlands that have long battled the military over autonomy and control of lucrative resources. (Photo: AFP)

China’s foreign minister met Myanmar’s junta chief on Tuesday, the military said, the highest-ranking Chinese official to meet the country’s top general since a coup more than two years ago.

China is a major ally and arms supplier of the internationally isolated junta and has refused to condemn the military takeover.