China backs Myanmar’s push to ease diplomatic isolation, stamp out telecoms scams

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Foreign Minister Wang Yi caps five-day Southeast Asia tour also urging both sides to ‘open up new prospects for bilateral relations’

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Vanessa Caiin ShanghaiPublished: 6:37pm, 26 Apr 2026China has pledged to help Myanmar’s new government to engage more with multilateral platforms and eradicate telecoms scam operations.Capping a five-day trip to Southeast Asia on the weekend, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told Min Aung Hlaing, Myanmar’s junta leader-turned-president, on Saturday that China “firmly supports Myanmar in safeguarding its national sovereignty, security and territorial integrity”.

“This year marks the first year of Myanmar’s new government. Both sides should seize this opportunity to carry forward their traditional friendship and open up new prospects for bilateral relations,” Wang said in the capital city Naypyidaw, according to a Chinese foreign ministry statement.

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Min Aung Hlaing was sworn in as president earlier this month after Myanmar’s military-dominated legislature elected him as president on April 3.

Myanmar has been engulfed in civil war since February 2021, when the military overthrew the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi and detained its leaders.

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