Myanmar junta chief discusses civil war with key ally China

There were no casualties but Beijing issued a furious rebuke.

YANGON - Myanmar's junta chief has held talks with Premier Li Qiang of key ally China on the civil war roiling his country, state media said on Nov 7, during his first visit to the country since seizing power in a 2021 coup.

General Min Aung Hlaing told Mr Li at a meeting in the city of Kunming that the military was ready for peace if armed groups would engage, according to an account of the meeting in the Global New Light of Myanmar (GNLM).

Myanmar has been racked by conflict between the military and various ethnic armed groups opposed to its rule since the junta ousted Ms Aung San Suu Kyi's elected government in February 2021.