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Myanmar junta backs Telenor unit sale after buyer M1 pairs with local firm

Telenor flag flutters next to the company's headquarters in Fornebu, Norway, on June 1, 2017. (Reuters photo)

BANGKOK: Lebanon's M1 Group will partner with a Myanmar firm to take over Norwegian telco Telenor's business in the Southeast Asian country after its military junta sought a local buyer, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.

Telenor, said in July it was selling its operations there to M1 Group for $105 million, retreating from a country that has slid into chaos after a military coup in February last year.

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