๐๐ฆ๐ช๐ซ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐๐ฆ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ 11, 2024 โ During a press briefing on December 10, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning responded to a question about a Kachin Independence Army (KIA) delegation traveling to China for undisclosed talks. Mao confirmed that China is closely monitoring the situation in northern Myanmar, emphasizing the importance of peace and stability in the region.
โ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข ๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ข๐ต๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ค๐ญ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ถ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ ๐๐บ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฐ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐บ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ. ๐๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ถ๐ณ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ท๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐บ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ข๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ค๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ ๐ข๐ด ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ด ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ข๐ง๐ฆ๐ต๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ด, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐บ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ,โ she stated.
The comments come as reports surface of China pressuring ethnic armed groups in border areas to declare ceasefires. Recently, the Taโang National Liberation Army (TNLA) and the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) unilaterally announced ceasefires. Meanwhile, the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO), the political wing of the KIA, sent a delegation to China on December 8, led by Chairman General Nโ Ban La.
Since December 4, KIA and allied forces have intensified attacks in Bhamo, the second capital of Kachin State. Heavy clashes within the city have displaced residents, with reports indicating widespread fighting. The KIA has also seized control of five trade gates along the Kachin-China border, halting trade activities.
In addition, the KIA has taken control of over 300 rare earth mineral extraction sites in Special Region 1, representing more than 50% of global production. Between February and August 2024, China imported over 26,892 tons of rare earth minerals from Myanmar, valued at more than $600 million, according to Chinaโs tax department.
Mao Ning reiterated Chinaโs commitment to ensuring border security, protecting Chinese investments and personnel in Myanmar, and fostering peace in the region. โ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ถ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐บ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ฃ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ,โ she said.
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