Chinese foreign minister visits Burma on his first trip to the country after the coup

July 3 (EUROPA PRESS) –

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi arrived on Sunday for his first visit to the country since the military seized power in a coup last year, reports the Chinese state broadcaster CGTN.

Wang will join his counterparts from Burma, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam at a meeting of the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation group on Sunday in the central city of Bagan, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Burmese junta spokesman Gen. Zaw Min Tun told a news conference in the capital Naypyidaw on Friday that the foreign ministers’ attendance at the meeting is recognition of the sovereignty of Burma and its government.

However, it is not known if Wang would meet with General-in-Chief Min Aung Hlaing, head of the military government.

The coup was carried out by the Army to annul the results of the general elections of November 2020, in which the National League for Democracy (NLD) won the parliamentary majority, arguing that there had been fraud, a statement questioned by observers. international.

The military coup was followed by a harsh campaign of repression against opponents, activists and protesters that has resulted in nearly 2,011 deaths and more than 14,200 detainees to date, according to data published by the Association for the Assistance of Political Prisoners (AAPP). ) through his Twitter account.